●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, July 31, 2025 ●● ● Jul 31 [00:03] *SomeGoat has quit (connection closed) [00:04] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:06] *lxo (~lxo@mrhucxmsbhzm4.irc) has joined #techrights [00:06] *lxo has quit (connection closed) [00:07] *isak has quit (Quit: The Lounge - https://thelounge.chat) [00:12] MinceR https://apina.biz/206453.jpeg?mode=sfw [00:12] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/206453.jpeg [00:17] *isak (~andreas@m4ykdtahh5hq8.irc) has joined #techrights [00:17] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Leaving) [00:23] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@2yt2vqy8kyd2a.irc) has joined #techrights [00:23] *lxo (~lxo@mrhucxmsbhzm4.irc) has joined #techrights [00:26] *lxo has quit (connection closed) [00:40] IsambardPrince https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/tech/meta-ai-superintelligence-earnings [00:40] TR Bot Metas superintelligence isnt here yet. But its AI bets are already paying off | CNN Business [00:40] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], Paying off [00:44] *lxoliva (~lxo@zj26zv4kdh4g2.irc) has joined #techrights [00:44] *lxoliva is now known as lxo [00:46] IsambardPrince MinceR, I put a copy of American Psycho on Blu Ray on hold at the library. [00:46] IsambardPrince "I like to dissect women. Did you know I'm completely insane?" [00:47] MinceR :) [00:47] IsambardPrince I have a very soft spot for cats though. That scene where the ATM told him to feed it the cat was a little disturbing. [00:48] IsambardPrince Much more disturbing than the one where he murdered Paul Allen with an axe. [00:48] IsambardPrince Paul Allen wasn't that unlike Patrick Bateman. None of the people working in investment banking were. [00:49] IsambardPrince That was part of the message in the movie. [00:49] IsambardPrince They were all very narcissistic and toxic, superficial. They couldn't even remember each other's names because they were too busy obsessing over business cards. [00:52] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], You know, no matter how rich my landlord gets, he still won't be able to buy "an even faster Porsche". I doubt he even has a Porsche. [00:52] IsambardPrince Maybe he rents one if he has to show up to an investor meeting. [00:55] *includeals has quit (Quit: ZNC - https://znc.in) [00:55] *includeals (~includeal@bl18-27-126.dsl.telepac.pt) has joined #techrights ● Jul 31 [02:07] MinceR https://apina.biz/206420.jpeg?mode=sfw [02:07] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/206420.jpeg [02:41] admfubar https://therecord.media/russia-bans-speedtest-ookla [02:41] TR Bot Russia blocks popular US-made internet speed test tool over national security concerns | The Record from Recorded Future News [02:46] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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[03:28] MinceR i can't blame them for that [03:28] MinceR existing as a human is a horrible curse [03:29] IsambardPrince https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimosman/2025/07/15/theyre-skipping-car-payments-thats-the-final-warning-sign/ [03:29] TR Bot Theyre Skipping Car Payments; Thats The Final Warning Sign [03:31] MinceR so what comes after the final warning sign? [03:32] IsambardPrince The Final Countdown, obviously. [03:33] IsambardPrince That's where the USS Nimitz goes back in time and nearly has a showdown at Pearl Harbor with the Japanese. [03:33] IsambardPrince I think. [03:33] MinceR lol [03:34] admfubar and here the military was wasting all that time with sharks... https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/scientists-use-peacock-feathers-to-make-frickin-laser-beams/ [03:34] TR Bot Peacock feathers can emit laser beams - Ars Technica [03:36] IsambardPrince https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimosman/2025/07/15/theyre-skipping-car-payments-thats-the-final-warning-sign/ [03:36] IsambardPrince -Notice- -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.forbes.com | Theyre Skipping Car Payments; Thats The Final Warning Sign [03:36] IsambardPrince <@MinceR> so what comes after the final warning sign? [03:36] IsambardPrince The Final Countdown, obviously. [03:36] IsambardPrince That's where the USS Nimitz goes back in time and nearly has a showdown at Pearl Harbor with the Japanese. [03:36] IsambardPrince I think. [03:36] IsambardPrince <@MinceR> lol [03:36] IsambardPrince Whhops [03:36] IsambardPrince https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Countdown_(film) [03:36] TR Bot The Final Countdown (film) - Wikipedia [03:36] IsambardPrince My IRC client has a bug. [03:36] IsambardPrince It sometimes grabs the last several lines instead of something I copied. [03:36] IsambardPrince I think it's Crostini related. [03:45] TR News Understanding Debian's security processes https://lwn.net/Articles/1030669/ [03:45] TR Bot Debian's security processes [LWN.net] [03:46] TR News When free-software communities unite for privacy https://lwn.net/Articles/1029769/ [03:46] TR Bot free-software communities unite for privacy [LWN.net] [03:46] TR News Deep immutability for Python https://lwn.net/Articles/1030291/ [03:46] TR Bot immutability for Python [LWN.net] [03:48] TR News Scheduler medley: time-slice extension, sched_ext deadline servers, and LRU batching. https://lwn.net/Articles/1029093/ [03:48] TR Bot medley: time-slice extension, sched_ext deadline servers, and LRU batching. [LWN.net] [03:53] *darwin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:54] TR News Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_July_30_2025.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_July_30_2025.gmi [03:54] TR Bot Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 [03:54] TR News (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [03:54] TR Bot Tux Machines Today in Techrights [03:55] TR News Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [03:55] TR Bot Techrights Over at Tux Machines... [03:56] *darwin (~darwin@ezriia7nzimpg.irc) has joined #techrights [03:59] TR News How to write Rust in the kernel: part 3 https://lwn.net/Articles/1026694/ [03:59] TR Bot to write Rust in the kernel: part 3 [LWN.net] [03:59] TR News QUIC for the kernel https://lwn.net/Articles/1029851/ [03:59] TR Bot for the kernel [LWN.net] ● Jul 31 [04:01] TR News [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-30.gmi [04:02] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1718.jpg [04:02] TR News [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1368.jpg [04:02] TR News Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-07-31.gmi [04:03] TR News Cryptocurrency gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-07-31Cryptocurrency.txt [04:04] TR News "Where does the time go? Today I cleaned up some odd test pages here and updated my books page. My manager recently went to Scotland and brought back some Tunnock's Caramel Log bars, which are very rare in the south of England." gemini://tilde.club/~hammie/tiny-gemlog.gmi [04:06] IsambardPrince https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/30/2335899/-Spot-The-Mistake-Google-AI [04:06] TR Bot Spot The Mistake Google AI [04:06] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR3], ^ [04:06] TR News "Strange goings-on because it's strange that I'm still obsessing over some of this stuff. Nevertheless, there are some related Gemini-related updates to report." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20250730.gmi [04:08] IsambardPrince https://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-turn-off-google-ai-overviews/ [04:08] TR Bot NO TITLE [04:10] schestowitz[TR3] ah, good topic for article, IsambardPrince \although that overlaps what we covered [04:10] schestowitz[TR3] just a new and timely example [04:11] schestowitz[TR3] any comment? [04:20] TR News Techrights Google: From Pointing to Relevant Sites to Pointing to Social Control Media to Actually Parroting Social Control Media as "Facts" https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Google_From_Pointing_to_Relevant_Sites_to_Pointing_to_Social_Co.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Google_From_Pointing_to_Relevant_Sites_to_Pointing_to_Social_Co.gmi [04:20] TR Bot Techrights Google: From Pointing to Relevant Sites to Pointing to Social Control Media to Actually Parroting Social Control Media as "Facts" [04:24] schestowitz[TR3] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- edition.cnn.com | Metas superintelligence isnt here yet. But its AI bets are already paying off | CNN Business [04:24] schestowitz[TR3] CNN. [04:24] schestowitz[TR3] nuff said. [04:24] schestowitz[TR3] those companies relies on bribed, compromised press [04:24] schestowitz[TR3] to keep the bubble or hype going [04:30] TR News The top, feature, most visible "topic" in https://www.theregister.com/ right now is "MICROSOFT SEZ". The site is a Microsoft firehose. Sold. Finished. [04:30] TR Bot The Register: Enterprise Technology News and Analysis [04:37] MinceR yeah, convolutional neural network! [04:43] TR News As covered in https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/The_Register_Relays_Microsoft_Marketing_Dubs_That_Marketing_Res.shtml [04:43] TR Bot Techrights The Register Relays Microsoft Marketing, Dubs That Marketing "Research" [04:44] TR News They basiclally sold their soul and the editor in chief left for a GAFAM job https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/26/The_Register_is_Desperate_for_Money_According_to_The_Register.shtml [04:44] TR Bot Techrights The Register is Desperate for Money, According to The Register [04:46] Tcl interface unloaded [04:46] Perlxchat_print called without a valid context. [04:46] Python interface unloaded [04:48] *Now talking on #techrights [04:48] *Topic for #techrights is: Techrights.org IRC discussions @ localhost | Channel #techrights for http://techrights.org [logged online] :: please also join channels #boycottnovell-social #techbytes and #boycottnovell for related discussions. 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Having said that, selling out like this [05:14] TR News REAL article, linuxiac hopefully gave up on the LLM slop https://linuxiac.com/alma-based-heliumos-10-is-out-heres-what-i-think/ [05:14] TR Bot Alma-Based HeliumOS 10 Is Out Heres What I Think [05:18] TR News IBM is sinking https://finbox.com/NYSE:IBM/explorer/total_debt/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/25/IBM_s_Debt_Rose_by_Almost_10_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_6_Mont.shtml [05:18] TR Bot Complete Toolbox For Investors | finbox.com [05:18] TR Bot Techrights IBM's Debt Rose by Almost 10 Billion Dollars in the Past 6 Months Alone [05:19] TR News "Agree. Reminds me of the C.A. model, Inovation by Assimilation. LOL love this. I hate the management and leadership. Absolutely BS of a company." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0zy95nr [05:19] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0zy95nr ) [05:19] *Righty has quit (connection closed) [05:20] *Righty (~Username@dxzspnzshkeec.irc) has joined #techrights [05:36] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Sorry, was away. Cleaning out a pantry. [05:37] IsambardPrince Good lord, there is still stuff in there from 2020. [05:37] IsambardPrince I'm trying to make room in there for storage so I can clear room for that chair. [05:38] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Google "AI" lifting things from Facebook comments, presenting them as fact. [05:38] IsambardPrince It'll take trash from all over apparently. [05:38] IsambardPrince No regard for fact. Someone on Facebook said it? It's AI now! [05:39] IsambardPrince This is much worse than the go to example of it devoured Wikipedia. At least Wikipedia is somewhat cited. [05:39] IsambardPrince If the standard now is some dickhead on Facebook said... [05:39] IsambardPrince We're all in trouble when people start citing it as "AI". [05:39] CrystalMath oh.. [05:39] CrystalMath is techrights affected by the new UK laws? [05:39] IsambardPrince What new UK laws? [05:40] IsambardPrince I'm not in the UK so care little what their laws are. [05:40] CrystalMath the UK just banned more than half the internet unless [05:40] CrystalMath you supply your DNA and a picture [05:40] CrystalMath and the blood of your first born [05:40] IsambardPrince We have way too many laws in the US without caring about foreign laws too. [05:40] CrystalMath even wikipedia is restricted [05:40] IsambardPrince I'm not a voter there. I didn't vote for anyone that can pass UK laws, so I don't consider myself bound by UK laws. [05:41] CrystalMath but techrights is in the UK [05:41] IsambardPrince If they should want to extend me citizenship and I voluntarily accept it, I'll care. [05:43] IsambardPrince https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/microsoft-set-to-hit-4-trillion-market-cap-after-earnings-beat [05:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/microsoft-set-to-hit-4-trillion-market-cap-after-earnings-beat ) [05:43] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], $4 trillion market value. [05:43] IsambardPrince Panic firing everyone. [05:43] IsambardPrince Right? [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] i aam writing about it [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] rn [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] want to check [05:43] schestowitz[TR2] ?> [05:47] TR News Techrights An Illusion and Cult Worship of Magnitude (Ubiquity as "Victory") https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/An_Illusion_and_Cult_Worship_of_Magnitude_Ubiquity_as_Victory.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/An_Illusion_and_Cult_Worship_of_Magnitude_Ubiquity_as_Victory.gmi [05:47] TR Bot Techrights An Illusion and Cult Worship of Magnitude (Ubiquity as "Victory") [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: just published before proofreading [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] so you can see [05:53] IsambardPrince "Do you see!?!?" :) [05:53] IsambardPrince MinceR will get it. [05:53] IsambardPrince yeah. [05:53] IsambardPrince Link? [05:54] IsambardPrince Sorry, my connection went dead. [05:54] IsambardPrince So I was hauling another 50 pounds of trash out. [05:55] IsambardPrince "(one is above)00." [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/An_Illusion_and_Cult_Worship_of_Magnitude_Ubiquity_as_Victory.shtml [05:55] IsambardPrince Uh [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] i correwcted this [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] refresh [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] it's due to Barrier [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] after I close the bracket [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] it spewed out signals from keys [05:55] IsambardPrince The first posts I remembered about Wayland were from like 2008. [05:56] IsambardPrince It's not new. Only about 4 years before that, there was a proposal to make a "Y" window manager. [05:56] IsambardPrince I can't find it. Web rot maybe. [05:57] IsambardPrince It's not a great idea to replace somethign just because you can. [05:57] IsambardPrince Without backward compatibility it's going to be a problem forever. [05:57] schestowitz[TR2] it is an ambitious propositionb [05:57] IsambardPrince And even IBM now admits that XWayland has so many compatibility problems that opening up an X server on top of it, with a full window manager, is a "solution". [05:57] schestowitz[TR2] the issue [sic] with X is, [05:57] schestowitz[TR2] many things were and are written for X [05:57] schestowitz[TR2] getting around this is.. hard [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] you need to convince many people to haul back old code [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] rewrite [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] recomplile [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] both for X and for Wayland [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] the older devs won't give a s* [05:58] IsambardPrince It would be easier if Wayland was designed with protocols that made porting easier. [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] so then thhe wayland people argue [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] you don't need this " [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] old stuff" anyway [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] or, here, have this wayland hybrid with X in it [05:58] schestowitz[TR2] which defeats the point [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: or no porting at all [05:59] IsambardPrince Right, because the only thing you have now is that X isn't writing directly to the screen or interacting with hardware. [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] like,extend X some more [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] accept its sandboxing limitationsa [05:59] IsambardPrince Which could be done with far less code. [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] and accept some code is "old" C [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] fine [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] btw, [05:59] IsambardPrince If you just want to get it out of the way there. [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] wayland is also C [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] so on that basic, P/L, they solve nothing [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] *basis ● Jul 31 [06:00] IsambardPrince Once you have an X window manager interacting with the user and running all the user programs, this sandbox is gone anyway. [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] let's talk use cases [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] i am not a sec pro [06:00] IsambardPrince Because X can see everything the user is running just like before, and so can all the programs running under it. [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] and don't pretend to be one [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] unlike gulagboy [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] but [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] suppose i use a laptop [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] i am the sole user on it [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] and the only one with a GUI [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] like some plasma session [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] sure, some programs can grab things from the screen [06:00] schestowitz[TR2] sure! [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] but i CHOOSE those programs [06:01] IsambardPrince Who cares if one program can read the entire screen? [06:01] IsambardPrince Exactly. [06:01] IsambardPrince I don't care. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] moreover, they can also access system files [06:01] IsambardPrince Those are my programs, I chose them. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] so the screen buffer is not the only weakness [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] don't choose "dickhead" programs [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] read: avoid nonfree crap [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] re webapps [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] you tell me [06:02] schestowitz[TR2] does firefox allow programs in wasm, js etc. to take screenshots? [06:02] schestowitz[TR2] my intuition says, no [06:02] schestowitz[TR2] firefox would not permit this [06:02] schestowitz[TR2] not from within the browser [06:02] schestowitz[TR2] whereas firefox itself, as a program, can [06:02] schestowitz[TR2] maybe even outside its visible canvas, i.e. window [06:02] schestowitz[TR2] i don't trust firefox much [06:02] schestowitz[TR2] we use librewolf [06:02] schestowitz[TR2] iu very much doubt mozilla wants a screengate [sic] [06:03] schestowitz[TR2] where people catch mozilla using firefox to do a "Recall" [06:03] schestowitz[TR2] i.e. grab screenshots each x seconds to "train AI" [06:03] schestowitz[TR2] another key point [06:04] schestowitz[TR2] i see this in re resitricted boot [06:04] schestowitz[TR2] the real sec risks [06:04] schestowitz[TR2] are not, something f*s up my firmware [06:04] schestowitz[TR2] it's stuff like [06:04] schestowitz[TR2] "my husband sat on my PC when i went to coffee [06:04] schestowitz[TR2] or [06:04] schestowitz[TR2] this web site I used suffered a data breach with my password [06:04] schestowitz[TR2] which is the same password i used in many other sites, same username also [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] those are the real world "use cases" [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] not something like [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] "oh, klipper might be taking screenshots, not just text, then sending it to some company" [06:05] schestowitz[TR2] the same people who moan about this have no qualm about saying Vista 11 and Recall "ain't that bad" [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] like andy said, [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] let me find it [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] maybe not in https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/ageoftech/ [06:06] TR Bot Computers and the older generation [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] he recently explained [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] the very basics in cyber security is [06:06] schestowitz[TR2] who do we protect from [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] and two more asp[ect [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] you need to define what methods and threat actors exist\ [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] otherwise you fail to tackle the real threats [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] and instead do snake-oil stuff [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] maybe he said that in the episode [06:07] schestowitz[TR2] that he did not publish (yet) [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] with Kim [06:08] IsambardPrince I see a lot of data breaches. [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] right [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] in that same article [06:08] IsambardPrince Capital One had a major one that affected me because I had credit cards. [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] where he said the above [06:08] schestowitz[TR2] he said around 2020 data breaches became SO common [06:08] IsambardPrince I got $700 from that and used the money to take Leeloo to the vet. [06:09] IsambardPrince She needed surgery. [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] that ther press stopped reporting the vat majroty [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] and what the media reports on is just the edge of a huge iceberg [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] and people already assume breaches [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] i barely create any accounts anywhere anymore [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] if I can avoid it [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] some lie about breaches [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] pretend they never happened [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] i worked for a company like this [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] lying to clients [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] re security [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] they cover up [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] that's just what suits do [06:09] schestowitz[TR2] cover up [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] damage mitigation [06:10] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I have to undergo an "enhanced background check". [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] by lying [06:10] IsambardPrince This is sort of ridiculous. [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] it is [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] so when i amm asked personal details [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] i'd ask [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] what for? [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] home address? [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] ok [06:10] IsambardPrince It's some veterans benefit that is available to me because my grandfather was in the Navy. [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] all those other questions... [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] WHY? [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] why do you need this data? [06:10] IsambardPrince I mean, I'm sure he'd like for me to have it. [06:10] schestowitz[TR2] how is this relevant? [06:10] IsambardPrince But I had to contact the National Archives for his service record. [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] they did not have much personal data on them [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] just stuff like [06:11] IsambardPrince Now we're stuck on verifying that I am actually me. Which is expected to take 10 days. [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] data of arrival, drafting etc. [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] not the sort of "micro"d ata they now collect [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] like what food you purchased [06:11] IsambardPrince Right, it was all in a physical file somewhere. [06:11] IsambardPrince In a mineshaft. [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] yes [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] i mean [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] i did geneology [06:11] schestowitz[TR2] a lot [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] like decades ago [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] around 2004-06 [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] genealogy [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] i know what data exists [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] it's not much\ [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] name [06:12] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], It's surprising how little data that they had on him. [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] parents [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] DOB [06:12] IsambardPrince They have his separation papers. [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] date of death sometimes [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] sometimes cause of death [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] sometimes location (hospital) of birth [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] sometimes a photo or height [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] not much more [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] occupation and spouse common [06:13] IsambardPrince It just has basic data like he was discharged honorably, he was a mailman, he served in the Pacific in WWII and in Korea. [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] remember, tradesman era [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] people didn't change [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] 1) job [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] 2) occupation [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] every 6 months [06:13] IsambardPrince He chose to take some insurance when he was discharged. [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] no "gig economy" either [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] people would do the same thing for decades [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] sometimes for the same company [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] "shoemaker" [06:13] schestowitz[TR2] "architect" [06:15] IsambardPrince He was a postal clerk before he entered the Navy the first time. [06:15] IsambardPrince When he left, he worked at Capitol Transit Company in Little Rock, Arkansas. [06:15] IsambardPrince https://honors.uca.edu/wiki/index.php/Capitol_Transit_Company [06:15] TR Bot to connect to honors.uca.edu port 443 after 10001 ms: Timeout was reached ( status 0 @ https://honors.uca.edu/wiki/index.php/Capitol_Transit_Company ) [06:15] schestowitz[TR2] http://schestowitz.com/index.htm [06:15] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-schestowitz.com [06:17] TR News "We the data professionals, we hate PDFs. They might look good and structured for your human eyes, but the data inside them is a mess, unstructured and not suitable to be processed by computer programs." https://avi.alkalay.net/2025/07/pdfs-must-die.html [06:17] TR Bot PDFs must die Avi Alkalay [06:17] IsambardPrince "Drivers and mechanics of local Division 704 of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway, and Motor Coach Employees of America went on strike several times against CTC. On June 1, 1951, Division 704 struck for one day for a ten-cent wage increase. [06:17] IsambardPrince On June 22, 1955, 178 drivers and mechanics of Division 704 struck again for unemployment compensation, this time enlisting lawyer Sid McMath. The president at the time was F. Norman Hill. When Hill hired replacement workers racial tensions increased and violence erupted, culminating with a bus bombing on November 14 at the corner of Twenty Ninth and Battery streets that injured two people." [06:17] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], A bus bombing following two strikes. [06:18] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I remember the company was mad at my grandfather because Arkansas had a law that said that black people couldn't sit on the bus in front of whites. [06:18] IsambardPrince So the expected thing was for blacks to go to the back of the bus. [06:18] IsambardPrince One day, a white man got into his bus and sat in the back seat, forcing all the black people to stand. [06:19] IsambardPrince So my grandfather asked him to get to the front and take his seat, and when he didn't, he grabbed the guy and threw him out of the bus and then drove off without him. [06:21] IsambardPrince "On January 31, 1956, the strike ended with the establishment of a new bus franchise called the Citizens Coach Company (CCC). Union leaders were promised "preferred, non-participating shares" in exchange for complicity in the scheme. One-hundred and thirty drivers and thirty-five mechanics joined the new company in March 1956. The CCC secured enough buses by purchasing used vehicles from the Great Lakes Marmon Herrington Coach [06:21] IsambardPrince Company of Dearborn, Michigan. CCC buses were desegregated without incident in April 1956." [06:21] IsambardPrince Yeah, I remember him saying he switched companies because one was desegregated and he got shares in it. [06:22] IsambardPrince Eventually in 1960 they made their way up to Indiana and he started working at General Motors. [06:22] IsambardPrince Not right away, but at first got odd jobs then GM. [06:23] IsambardPrince He kept doing side jobs on top of GM. He made pizzas and sold them at work, and he was a salesman for a coffee company. [06:23] IsambardPrince My mom asked him why he worked so much and he said "I could work 10 jobs and your mother could spend all of it." [06:23] IsambardPrince :D [06:24] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], MARK and MARISOL situation. [06:31] IsambardPrince https://unityd.org/ [06:31] TR Bot Unity Beautiful. Efficient. Elegant. [06:31] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Last blog post was 2022. [06:31] IsambardPrince Guess it fizzled out? [06:33] IsambardPrince https://ubuntuunity.org/posts/ubuntu-unity-2504-released/ [06:33] IsambardPrince No release notes. [06:33] TR Bot Ubuntu Unity 25.04 released [06:33] IsambardPrince Well, that's not encouraging. [06:34] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], https://old.reddit.com/r/illinois/comments/1mdo9kh/its_always_the_ones_you_suspect/ [06:34] TR Bot It's always the ones you suspect. : illinois [06:34] IsambardPrince LOL [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: lomiri now [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] or lorimi [06:48] schestowitz[TR2] in debian [06:48] *lxo has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:49] schestowitz[TR2] reddit is a waste of time [06:49] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: https://lomiri.com/ [06:49] TR Bot Shapeshifting environment for phones, tablets, laptops and desktops [06:49] schestowitz[TR2] thaht's where to look [06:49] schestowitz[TR2] now that unityd site [06:49] schestowitz[TR2] https://ubports.com/blog [06:49] schestowitz[TR2] last blog post last month [06:49] TR Bot Posts | Ubports ● Jul 31 [07:00] schestowitz[TR2] *not that [07:03] *lxo (~lxo@zj26zv4kdh4g2.irc) has joined #techrights [07:03] TR News (NEW): LWN Coverage From DebConf25 in Brest https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/LWN_Coverage_From_DebConf25_in_Brest.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/LWN_Coverage_From_DebConf25_in_Brest.gmi [07:03] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_and_More.gmi [07:03] TR Bot Tux Machines LWN Coverage From DebConf25 in Brest [07:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and More [07:05] TR News (NEW): LWN's Kernel Coverage https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/LWN_s_Kernel_Coverage.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/LWN_s_Kernel_Coverage.gmi [07:05] TR Bot Tux Machines LWN's Kernel Coverage [07:11] TR News (NEW): GNU/Linux, BSD, and More https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/GNU_Linux_BSD_and_More.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/GNU_Linux_BSD_and_More.gmi [07:11] TR Bot Tux Machines GNU/Linux, BSD, and More [07:12] TR News Techrights Gemini Links 31/07/2025: Fake Money and Gemini Diaries https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Gemini_Links_31_07_2025_Fake_Money_and_Gemini_Diaries.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Gemini_Links_31_07_2025_Fake_Money_and_Gemini_Diaries.gmi [07:12] TR Bot Techrights Gemini Links 31/07/2025: Fake Money and Gemini Diaries [07:14] TR News Techrights Links 31/07/2025: War in Ukraine, Security News, and Cyberattacks Against Journalists on the Rise https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Links_31_07_2025_War_in_Ukraine_Security_News_and_Cyberattacks_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Links_31_07_2025_War_in_Ukraine_Security_News_and_Cyberattacks_.gmi [07:14] TR Bot Techrights Links 31/07/2025: War in Ukraine, Security News, and Cyberattacks Against Journalists on the Rise [07:23] IsambardPrince Ice water. Now that hit the spot. [07:24] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], You know what I really miss. That lemon ice Gatorade they used to make. [07:24] IsambardPrince When I was in the hospital in December-January 93-94 after my surgery went wrong, I was so dehydrated. [07:25] IsambardPrince The doctors told my parents to get me anything I could drink and some electrolytes. [07:25] IsambardPrince I remember sitting in the hospital bed with a styrofoam cup full of shaved ice and lemon ice Gatorade. [07:26] IsambardPrince It was just about the best thing in the world right then. I was incredibly thirsty. [07:26] IsambardPrince Once I could take fluids again I probably drank gallons of the stuff. [07:28] IsambardPrince https://gatorade.fandom.com/wiki/Lemon_Ice [07:28] TR Bot Lemon Ice | Gatorade Wiki | Fandom [07:28] IsambardPrince This said it didn't exist until 1995 in the US, but I know it was in the stores in December of 1993 because I was in the hospital drinking so much of it. [07:29] IsambardPrince Eventually when I could eat again, I was in there eating a Wendy's cheeseburger. Very slowly, but by that point I hadn't had anything to eat in days. [07:29] IsambardPrince So I was determined to get through the burger. [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] we made hot lemondate an hour ago [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] i still drink it [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] about 3 ginger roots [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] 5 lemons [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] some sugar [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] boiling water [07:30] schestowitz[TR2] it's also suppressing the appetite [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] so you don't overeat [07:31] IsambardPrince Yeah, melt sugar. [07:31] TR News Techrights Yes, You Can Love and Adore Things Whilst Also Criticising Them https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Yes_You_Can_Love_and_Adore_Things_Whilst_Also_Criticising_Them.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Yes_You_Can_Love_and_Adore_Things_Whilst_Also_Criticising_Them.gmi [07:31] TR Bot Techrights Yes, You Can Love and Adore Things Whilst Also Criticising Them [07:31] IsambardPrince Squeeze lemons. [07:31] IsambardPrince Mix it together, put it in the fridge overnight. [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] i need to find muscovado or stevia [07:31] schestowitz[TR2] we are almost out of sweeteners now [07:32] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], I was recalling my fondness for gardening and cooking and stuff to my therapist. I mentioned that when I was about 10 years old, my grandfather let me borrow a tiller. I created a garden in our back yard. [07:32] IsambardPrince We had usable vegetables out of it by August I think. [07:33] TR News EPO crisis brewing again https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Local_Staff_Committee_Munich_LSCMN_at_the_European_Patent_Offic.shtml [07:33] TR Bot Techrights Local Staff Committee Munich (LSCMN) at the European Patent Office (EPO) Requests an Urgent Meeting to Avoid Abolishing the Office [07:33] IsambardPrince We were in there eating corn on the cob, fried okra, I picked tomatoes off the vine. All kinds of stuff. [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] back then vegs were relatively cheap [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] 80s and 90s [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] they cost not much [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] populations were smaller [07:33] IsambardPrince I hosed it all down with Miracle Grow. Literally. They made a concentrated fertilizer you hooked up to the hose. [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] less compettion over the fruit of the soil [07:33] schestowitz[TR2] and vegs, roots etc. [07:34] schestowitz[TR2] now they stockpile rice and other grains... hypeprocessed thing they call bread [07:34] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yeah. I grew rhubarb too. [07:34] schestowitz[TR2] the cheap breads are hardly grain [07:34] schestowitz[TR2] they's cooked substance [07:34] IsambardPrince That stuff took over the west side of the house. [07:34] schestowitz[TR2] they are also turbo-charging cancers [07:34] schestowitz[TR2] like colon and stomach cancers [07:34] IsambardPrince The woman at the Lance grocery store bakery let me bring her rhubarb that I grew. [07:35] IsambardPrince She sold strawberry rhubarb pies on the side to people at her church. [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] no walmart? [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] in marion? [07:35] IsambardPrince If I gave her rhubarb she'd come back and give me some free pies. [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] 'free' [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] exchanged [07:35] IsambardPrince Yeah. [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] bartered [07:35] schestowitz[TR2] no VAT [07:35] IsambardPrince Well, the rhubarb was easy to grow. [07:35] IsambardPrince And harvest. [07:36] IsambardPrince So I felt like it was a good trade. [07:36] schestowitz[TR2] ryan, FARMER [07:36] IsambardPrince :) [07:36] schestowitz[TR2] MARISOL, MS, MSA, MSB, MSKLJC, LGB* [07:36] IsambardPrince I also enjoyed making sun tea on our back deck. [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] tea trade relies on slave labour still, so teas can be cheap in store [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] the non-fair trade stuff [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] this past sunday I got 5 large packs of coffee blends [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] a pound each, about 1.5 usd [07:38] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The strawberry rhubarb pie was excellent with some black coffee and Breyer's vanilla bean ice cream. [07:38] IsambardPrince Back when Breyer's was good. [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] the stores priced these up ridiculously [07:38] IsambardPrince It's not good anymore. [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] you can end up with 20 dollar trolley basker for just a bunch of instant coffee jars [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] maybe 3 jars [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] the "standard" jars [07:38] schestowitz[TR2] there goes your hour at work [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] "i buy coffee to stay awake at work [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] "go to work to buy coffee" [07:39] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], It's horrible going to the store now. [07:39] IsambardPrince $100 gets you a few days food if you're lucky. [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] "i buy a car to be at work [07:39] schestowitz[TR2] "where I get paid to pay my car installments" [07:39] IsambardPrince With interest, to a bank. [07:40] IsambardPrince Which is paying a company that didn't make a car, for "not car". [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] the bank is a "Service" [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/07/21/nationwide-bank-enshittification/ [07:40] TR Bot Blog Archive An Open Letter to Nationwide Bank About Enshittification [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] btw, after I wrote this [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] someone spoke to RMS about it [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] and then I think he wrote an article [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] a few days later [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] Then I also wrote http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Cash_Machines_ATMs_Make_Mistakes_and_They_re_Proprietary_Softwa.shtml [07:41] TR Bot Techrights Cash Machines (ATMs) Make Mistakes and They're Proprietary Software [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] see http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/28/Nonfree_Software_in_My_Bank_by_Richard_Stallman.shtml [07:41] TR Bot Techrights Nonfree Software in My Bank, by Richard Stallman [07:41] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [07:41] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/o/2023/05/01/banking-on-lxo/ [07:41] TR Bot Bankrupt [07:42] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], There's been a serious uptick in credit card and auto loan defaults. [07:42] IsambardPrince The news is reporting on it, but not much. [07:43] IsambardPrince Considering the size of the spike, which is very alarming. [07:43] IsambardPrince https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimosman/2025/07/15/theyre-skipping-car-payments-thats-the-final-warning-sign/ [07:43] TR Bot Theyre Skipping Car Payments; Thats The Final Warning Sign [07:43] IsambardPrince https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/credit-cards-car-loans-see-defaults-from-high-earners-in-hit-to-economy [07:43] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/credit-cards-car-loans-see-defaults-from-high-earners-in-hit-to-economy ) [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] wow, even cars [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] not homes [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] what next? [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] after car defaults? [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] cannot think of any... argos sells in instalments now [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] to attract buyers [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] imagine buying a wardrobe with monthly payments [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] some do laptops this way [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] when i was a kid that was barely done even for cars [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] you earn [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] you save [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] you buy a car [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] no "financing" [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] that term mean something else [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] like budgeting [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] and "credit" meant money you had [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] not some "Credit file" [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] about how much some thorny bankers were willing to lend out at predatory rates [07:45] schestowitz[TR2] but then again salaries were better and homes had saner prices [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] now homes are like all street [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] they fake assets [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] by floating fictional "worths" [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] and "everything is doing it" [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] so nobody enforces the rules anymore [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/TRILLIONS_And_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_Invest_toda.shtml [07:46] TR Bot Techrights TRILLIONS! And TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS! Invest today! [07:46] IsambardPrince https://www.automoblog.com/reviews/loans/auto-loan-default-rates/ [07:46] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Car loan, maybe. [07:46] IsambardPrince Loan to buy a computer? LOL [07:46] IsambardPrince No. [07:46] TR Bot Gen Z and Millennial Auto Loan Default Rates Are Soaring [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] it hapens [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] i kid you not [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] i will show you [07:46] schestowitz[TR2] in argos [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] " [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] 3 payments of 76.33 at 0% interest with Klarna" [07:47] IsambardPrince Yes, people take loans out for lots of stuff that's not a major purchase. [07:47] IsambardPrince Yeah, Klarna. [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7316670?clickSR=slp:term:laptop:9:589:1 [07:47] TR Bot Buy ASUS Vivobook Go 15 15.6in Intel 4GB 128GB Laptop Bundle | Laptops | Argos [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] see, laptop [07:47] IsambardPrince And Affirm. [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] a cheap one [07:47] schestowitz[TR2] pay 3 times [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] maybe 3 times in a year [07:48] schestowitz[TR2] for a cheap laptop [07:48] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Hospital bills on installments maybe. [07:48] IsambardPrince They usually don't charge interest as long as you pay up. [07:48] IsambardPrince The hospital usually will offer you an installment plan if the bill is pretty large. [07:49] IsambardPrince So you might as well. [07:49] IsambardPrince I always tell people NEVER EVER put medical debt on a credit card. [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] 35% APR [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] is this even legal? [07:49] IsambardPrince If you can't pay it as medical debt, you can't pay it as credit card debt. [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] see the "Argos card" part [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] they made it hard to copy-paste [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] even from page source [07:49] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], People are putting vacations on Klarna now. [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] i tried in falkon and in firefox [07:49] IsambardPrince At 30% interest. [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] they say "PAY NO INTEREST" [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] there below [07:49] IsambardPrince Default on the medical debt if you have to. [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] with an asterisk [07:50] IsambardPrince Or work out a zero percent installment. [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] 34.9% APR [07:50] IsambardPrince But never put it on a credit card. [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] that's insane [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] a tax on being poor [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] "i just need a laptop for work" [07:50] IsambardPrince Defaulting on medical debt is preferable to putting it on a credit card. [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] to earn 76 pounds a month [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] to pay for the laptop I need for work [07:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [07:50] schestowitz[TR2] which is a cheap lapto [07:50] IsambardPrince You'll default on the credit card, after it doubles what you would have defaulted on as medical debt. [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] disneyland! [07:51] IsambardPrince What's worse than having a hospital after you for $20,000? [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] "lemma check ma CREDIT!!"\ [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] *lemme [07:51] IsambardPrince Putting it on a credit card and having them after you for $40,000. [07:51] IsambardPrince :) [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] you need to sleep wqell [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] every night [07:51] schestowitz[TR2] all night [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] to avoid hospital [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] and medical bills :) [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] clue: loans are not good for a night's sleep [07:52] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Shoulder surgery. [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] they financialised hospitalsd in the US [07:52] IsambardPrince I didn't even get the broken shoulder by looking completely badass, like Jackie Chan got his fractures. [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] they are debt collection agencies [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] and banks [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] that ALSO [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] have some medical services [07:52] schestowitz[TR2] *ALSO! [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] that's why luigi got so much sympathy [07:53] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yes, I am lucky to have Medicare. [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] the man he killed was not a medical person [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] not a GP [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] not a person who knows anything about biologyy [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] just anbother scAMMy MBA like Ajit Pai [07:53] IsambardPrince Right, he didn't kill a doctor. The doctors are not being treated to well by the system either. [07:53] IsambardPrince Most of them are honest enough and want to help people. [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] they take the brunt [07:53] schestowitz[TR2] and beart the abuse [07:53] IsambardPrince Billing is another department. [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] from their patients [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] because they see the doc [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] not the face of those insurance MBAs [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] so when they see one, [07:54] schestowitz[TR2] they shoot [07:54] IsambardPrince Right. [07:54] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], The surgeons who will fix my arm are performing a valuable service. [07:54] IsambardPrince But then you have bean counters. [07:54] IsambardPrince People like my landlord. [07:54] IsambardPrince Frauds with a business degree. [07:55] IsambardPrince Figuring out, how do we make this expensive and shortchange the doctors and nurses too. [07:55] psydruid https://wccftech.com/president-trump-wants-americans-to-share-personal-health-data-with-big-tech/ [07:55] TR Bot President Trump Reportedly Wants Americans to Share Personal Health Data With Big Tech, Claiming It Would Allow for Better Care, But Many Fear AI Will Exploit It [07:55] IsambardPrince And then we take profit. [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] universities are like this [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] tuition fees are vast [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] more so in USSA [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] *USA [07:55] psydruid degeneration [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] where do you think the money goes? [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] investing in buildings? no. [07:55] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], My landlord didn't care about rotting garbage and flies buzzing around the dumpster or there being crap all over the hallways. [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] salries for profs? haha, no [07:55] schestowitz[TR2] they get paid pittance [07:56] IsambardPrince Then he sent Chris out with a vacuum cleaner and a shovel today. [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] they can get paid 5-10 times more "in industry" [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] the money goes to "investment schemes" [07:56] psydruid USSA* [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] of some oligarchs who hide behing the universities [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] so the tuition is a "Cash cow" for some unproductive "pass income" frauds [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] *passive income [07:56] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yes. [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] i.e. unemployed losers [07:57] IsambardPrince They call this an endowment. [07:57] schestowitz[TR2] who manipulated the system [07:57] IsambardPrince And they "grow it" [07:57] schestowitz[TR2] to "work for them" [07:57] schestowitz[TR2] while young peopler aged 18 rack up debt [07:57] IsambardPrince They invest the money in all sorts of horrible things. [07:57] schestowitz[TR2] to be paid till their 40s, maybe 50s [07:57] IsambardPrince Let a few poor kids in and claim that they're doing public service. [07:58] schestowitz[TR2] btw, i worked after my phd in university [07:58] schestowitz[TR2] the salary was like.. nothing [07:58] schestowitz[TR2] barely worth it [07:58] schestowitz[TR2] and i'm told in ivy leeague they expect the staff to work 80, 100+ hours [07:58] schestowitz[TR2] to "get ahead" [07:58] schestowitz[TR2] and they drown in BS jobs [07:58] schestowitz[TR2] like filling up forms [07:58] schestowitz[TR2] not teaching or doiing research, writing papers [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] even phamacists are like this now [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] to save money (make more money) they pass to them adin jobs [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] so sinetad of exercising trhe skills they learned [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] shwich can take longer than to become a GP [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] they end up doingh things like processing holiday requests [07:59] schestowitz[TR2] what a waste ● Jul 31 [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] like asking lecturers to do BS jobs that any person can do [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] and do so beyond the 40/week contract [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] ever wondered why so many resign from the NHS [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] they check how well off they'd be [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] the GPs also get BS jobs [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] like calling people until 7pm [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] which some celerical staff can do [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] chasing you on phone [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] sending out SMS [08:00] schestowitz[TR2] total BS [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] horrible [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] like this is the best use of their skill [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] which they invested money in [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] iirc, junior docs in NHS went on strike for being paid 17/hour [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] maybe not counting overtime, either [08:01] schestowitz[TR2] min. wage is over 12 [08:03] TR News (NEW): Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite Released with MediaTek MT7987A and Wi-Fi 7 Support https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Banana_Pi_BPI_R4_Lite_Released_with_MediaTek_MT7987A_and_Wi_Fi_.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Banana_Pi_BPI_R4_Lite_Released_with_MediaTek_MT7987A_and_Wi_Fi_.gmi [08:03] TR Bot Tux Machines Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite Released with MediaTek MT7987A and Wi-Fi 7 Support [08:03] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Why do you think so many people cannot pay their student loans? [08:03] IsambardPrince They did not all fuck around and not graduate. [08:04] IsambardPrince They did not all pick a useless degree. [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] let me frame it like this [08:04] IsambardPrince College is so damned expensive that you have to do A LOT better than just skipping it and getting a minimum wage job to come out ahead and pay the loans off. [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] as per 1990s chat i had with my dad [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] what is a pyramid scheme [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] you made false assumptions [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] of infine growth [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] and then expand upon that [08:04] schestowitz[TR2] student loans are: [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] pay now, get it back later [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] what is later? [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] 10 years? 40 years? [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] what is the assumptions are wrong? [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] same, then, for mortgages [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] can you predict the future [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] and can you control it? (no, external factors) [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] so student loans in the US assume payying back with "blue" (or "white") collar job [08:05] schestowitz[TR2] within 1-2 decades [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] what if there is 2007 a decade after a bill clinton 1997 [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] and the us tech sector is visa this, visa that [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] and sackings un-associated with performance [08:06] schestowitz[TR2] which means, being "expensive" or "qualified" makes you culling target [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] no matter how hard you try [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] "you are not brown enough to tolerate this kind of salary, so bye" [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Microsoft_Behaving_Like_It_s_Running_Out_of_Money_to_Pay_Salari.shtml [08:07] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Behaving Like It's Running Out of Money to Pay Salaries [08:07] schestowitz[TR2] http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/25/A_Nadella_Memo_Distracts_From_Microsoft_s_Cheapening_Of_the_Wor.shtml [08:07] TR Bot Techrights A Nadella Memo Distracts From Microsoft's Cheapening Of the Workforce [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] not a Microsoft issue [08:08] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Yes. [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] all of GAFAM and IBM also [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] even Apple [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] the "gay" apple that funds Trump [08:08] IsambardPrince Every 10 years things change so much your assumptions were likely wrong. [08:08] schestowitz[TR2] because Trump4Gays [08:08] IsambardPrince Trump held up a pride flag before his first term. [08:10] TR News (NEW): Ma-ma-ma-ma my Fedora - Good and bad lessons from '42 https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Ma_ma_ma_ma_my_Fedora_Good_and_bad_lessons_from_42.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Ma_ma_ma_ma_my_Fedora_Good_and_bad_lessons_from_42.gmi [08:10] TR Bot Tux Machines Ma-ma-ma-ma my Fedora - Good and bad lessons from '42 [08:10] schestowitz[TR2] IsambardPrince: yes, I am sure he meant it [08:11] TR News (NEW): The XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro works on Linux now https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/The_XP_Pen_Artist_22R_Pro_works_on_Linux_now.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/The_XP_Pen_Artist_22R_Pro_works_on_Linux_now.gmi [08:11] TR Bot Tux Machines The XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro works on Linux now [08:18] TR News (NEW): Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Free_and_Open_Source_Software_howtos_and_Installations.gmi [08:18] TR Bot Tux Machines Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations [08:21] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], If he could get votes so he could hurt us later, he was all for that. [08:23] TR News (NEW): GNOME Shell Gets a Proper Desktop Photo Widget (Finally) https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/GNOME_Shell_Gets_a_Proper_Desktop_Photo_Widget_Finally.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/GNOME_Shell_Gets_a_Proper_Desktop_Photo_Widget_Finally.gmi [08:23] TR Bot Tux Machines GNOME Shell Gets a Proper Desktop Photo Widget (Finally) [08:25] TR News (NEW): Ubuntu 25.10 Offers Improved Disk Encryption Using TPM https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Ubuntu_25_10_Offers_Improved_Disk_Encryption_Using_TPM.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Ubuntu_25_10_Offers_Improved_Disk_Encryption_Using_TPM.gmi [08:25] TR Bot Tux Machines Ubuntu 25.10 Offers Improved Disk Encryption Using TPM [08:27] IsambardPrince https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/chicagoan-delivers-deep-dish-to-the [08:27] TR Bot Chicagoan Delivers Deep Dish to the Pope in St. Peters Square [08:30] TR News (NEW): I've tested numerous Linux desktop environments, and these 5 are my favorites https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/I_ve_tested_numerous_Linux_desktop_environments_and_these_5_are.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/I_ve_tested_numerous_Linux_desktop_environments_and_these_5_are.gmi [08:30] TR Bot Tux Machines I've tested numerous Linux desktop environments, and these 5 are my favorites [08:32] TR News Techrights theregister.com: The Voice of Microsoft US? https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/theregister_com_The_Voice_of_Microsoft_US.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/theregister_com_The_Voice_of_Microsoft_US.gmi [08:32] TR Bot Techrights theregister.com: The Voice of Microsoft US? [08:33] TR News (NEW): Best Linux Laptop of 2025? TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 (Gen10) Launches https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Best_Linux_Laptop_of_2025_TUXEDO_InfinityBook_Pro_15_Gen10_Laun.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Best_Linux_Laptop_of_2025_TUXEDO_InfinityBook_Pro_15_Gen10_Laun.gmi [08:33] TR Bot Tux Machines Best Linux Laptop of 2025? TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 (Gen10) Launches [08:54] TR News Techrights A Lot of Supposedly "Successful" Businesses Are Just Debt-Racking Vessels Without Any Prospects of Financial Sustainability https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/A_Lot_of_Supposedly_Successful_Businesses_Are_Just_Debt_Racking.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/A_Lot_of_Supposedly_Successful_Businesses_Are_Just_Debt_Racking.gmi [08:54] TR Bot Techrights A Lot of Supposedly "Successful" Businesses Are Just Debt-Racking Vessels Without Any Prospects of Financial Sustainability [08:55] TR News (NEW): : Google Android Leftovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Android_Leftovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Android_Leftovers.gmi [08:55] TR Bot Tux Machines Android Leftovers ● Jul 31 [09:02] TR News Palantir https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/07/30/palantir-breaks-new-ground-in-algorithmic-surveillance-and-control/ | Source: Papers Please [09:02] TR Bot Palantir breaks new ground in algorithmic surveillance and control Papers, Please! [09:04] TR News "The Truth About Linux Desktop Market Share" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/the-truth-about-linux-desktop-market:3 [09:04] TR Bot The Truth About Linux Desktop Market Share [09:04] TR News "8647" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/8647/ [09:04] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/8647/ ) [09:04] TR News "Fossil Fool - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/fossil-fool [09:04] TR Bot Fossil Fool - Paul Krugman [09:05] TR News "Keep Digging, Donald. Youre Keeping the Epstein Scandal Alive." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/keep-digging-donald-keeping-epstein-scandal/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/ [09:05] TR Bot Keep Digging, Donald. Youre Keeping the Epstein Scandal Alive. | The Nation [09:05] TR Bot Massachusetts Institute of Tall Tales (MIT) Covers Up Bill Gates Bribery of MIT Through a High-Profile Pedophile, Citing No Evidence Other Than Representatives of Gates Himself [09:05] IsambardPrince https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/us/us-navy-f35-crash-california-intl-hnk-ml [09:05] TR News ""Botlicker is my personal favorite," one user commented." https://futurism.com/sloppers-ask-ai-everything ""People Are Becoming "Sloppers" Who Have to Ask AI Before They Do Anything"" [09:05] TR Bot US Navy F-35 crashes in California, pilot ejects safely | CNN [09:05] TR Bot People Are Becoming "Sloppers" Who Have to Ask AI Before They Do Anything [09:05] IsambardPrince schestowitz-pi, The F-35s crash a lot. [09:06] TR News BS Microsoft spin, Microsoft sez, trying to portray "hey hi" (slop) as inevitable https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/30/become-sewage-worker-avoid-ai-jobs-bloodbath-microsoft/ [09:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/30/become-sewage-worker-avoid-ai-jobs-bloodbath-microsoft/ ) [09:06] TR News "Open-source billing and metering platform Flexprice raises $500,000" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/open-source-billing-and-metering-platform-flexprice-raises-500000/articleshow/122982638.cms [09:06] TR Bot Open-source billing and metering platform Flexprice raises $500,000 - The Economic Times [09:06] TR News Local newspapers, volunteering and LIBRARY | "Lokalaviser, frivillighet og BIBLIOTEK Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2025/07/30/lokalaviser-frivillighet-og-bibliotek/ [09:06] TR Bot Lokalaviser, frivillighet og BIBLIOTEK Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase [09:07] IsambardPrince https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/business/south-park-ratings [09:07] TR Bot South Parks raunchy season premiere breaks a record dating back to 1999 | CNN Business [09:07] IsambardPrince "After the show depicted Trump in bed with Satan and ridiculed the presidents genitalia, the Trump White House said this show hasnt been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention." [09:07] TR News "If you wrote your Web page in anything other than vi, you are an Internet wannabe, forever beholden to Bill Gates." (2000/10/4 update: vim is also acceptable) http://www.scotthelmke.com/personal.html [09:07] TR Bot The Scott Helmke Home Page [09:08] IsambardPrince So I haven't paid attention. [09:08] IsambardPrince Did Satan go from Saddam Hussein, to Chris, to Donald Trump? [09:09] TR News "Ghislaine Maxwell seeks immunity in exchange for congressional testimony" https://www.axios.com/2025/07/29/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-immunity-testimony http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Well_He_s_Dead_So_Bill_Gates_Tells_the_Media_Which_He_Pays.shtml [09:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2025/07/29/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-immunity-testimony ) [09:09] TR Bot Techrights [Meme] "Well, Hes Dead So," Bill Gates Tells the Media (Which He Pays) About His Close Friend Jeffrey Epstein [09:09] TR News "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Eat" https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/eat-5 [09:09] TR Bot Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Eat [09:09] TR News iophk: how much can be traced back to Windows TCO? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cewd49znze4t [09:09] TR Bot More than 100 flights cancelled after UK air traffic control issue - BBC News [09:10] TR News "Epstein files must be released by Trump administration under obscure law, Democrats contend" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/07/30/repub/epstein-files-must-be-released-by-trump-administration-under-obscure-law-democrats-contend/ [09:10] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/07/30/repub/epstein-files-must-be-released-by-trump-administration-under-obscure-law-democrats-contend/ ) [09:11] TR News Online age verification what does the EU think? | "lderskontroll online hur tnker EU d?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/07/30/alderskontroll-online-hur-tanker-eu-da/ [09:11] TR Bot lderskontroll online hur tnker EU d? [09:11] TR News "Zambia : What the Leaked Audio Really Reveals Our Justice System" https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/07/30/what-the-leaked-audio-really-reveals-our-justice-system/ [09:11] TR Bot Zambia : What the Leaked Audio Really Reveals Our Justice System [09:12] IsambardPrince "Satan's depiction as a homosexual in South Park may be due to the belief, mainly held by Christians, that homosexuality is a sin." [09:12] IsambardPrince Are there any other religions besides the Abrahamic ones where being gay is a sin? [09:13] TR News "hundreds of polished online gaming" https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/scammers-unleash-flood-of-slick-online-gaming-sites/ | Source: Krebs On Security [09:13] TR Bot Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites Krebs on Security [09:13] TR News surveillance https://thegrayzone.com/2025/07/31/israeli-spyware-surveillance-state/ | Source: The Gray Zone [09:13] TR Bot Israeli spyware firms are fueling the global surveillance state - The Grayzone [09:13] TR News Our Relationship With Nature https://therevelator.org/environmental-poetry-reviews/ | Source: The Revelator [09:13] TR Bot Earth Versed: 10 New Poetry Books About Our Relationship With Nature The Revelator [09:15] TR News "what will the temporarily embarrassed billionaires dooooo" https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@midnightspire/114933317187822534 [09:16] TR Bot Midnight Spire Games: "@davidgerard@circumstances.run The comments are a" - Gamedev Mastodon [09:17] TR News "Microsoft is discouraging Windows users" https://www.pcmag.com/news/opera-calls-out-microsoft-for-anticompetitive-tactics-with-edge | Source: PC Mag [09:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/opera-calls-out-microsoft-for-anticompetitive-tactics-with-edge ) [09:18] TR News "Regarding other noteworthy takeaways, Spotify has bolstered its existing $1 billion stock-buyback program" https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/29/spotify-stock-q2-2025-earnings/ | Source: Digital Music News [09:18] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/29/spotify-stock-q2-2025-earnings/ ) [09:18] TR News "DRM is crucial for protecting premium streaming content, with Microsoft's PlayReady a leading solution used by giants" https://torrentfreak.com/playready-drm-leak-triggers-microsoft-takedown-and-amazon-account-suspensions/ | Source: Torrent Freak [09:18] TR Bot DRM Leak Triggers Microsoft Takedown and Amazon Account Suspensions * TorrentFreak [09:18] TR News "Federal agents take an hour and a half, almost two, trying to figure out who I am. You know it just doesn't make sense." https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-texas-man-shave-beard-arrest-2104965 | Source: Newsweek [09:18] TR Bot Agents 'Tell Texas Man to Shave Beard' After Arrest Mishap - Newsweek [09:18] TR News "shave your beard" https://boingboing.net/2025/07/29/american-fascism-ice-arrests-u-s-citizen-then-tells-him-to-shave-your-beard.html | Source: BoingBoing [09:18] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://boingboing.net/2025/07/29/american-fascism-ice-arrests-u-s-citizen-then-tells-him-to-shave-your-beard.html ) [09:19] TR News "Trumps populist policy is backed by the National Restaurant Associationprobably because it wont stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage." https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/04/no-tax-on-tips-is-an-industry-plant | Source: New Yorker [09:19] TR Bot No Tax on Tips Is an Industry Plant | The New Yorker [09:20] TR News "The Restaurant Lobby Said No" https://jacobin.com/2025/07/restaurant-industry-tipped-subminimum-wages/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine [09:20] TR Bot DC Voted to Raise Wages. The Restaurant Lobby Said No. [09:20] TR News "Those found guilty of drug trafficking face the death penalty in Saudi Arabia. Of a total of 217 executions since the start of 2025, 144 have been put to death for drug-related offences." https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250730-war-against-captagon-why-saudi-arabia-executing-drug-dealers-on-massive-scale | Source: France24 [09:20] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250730-war-against-captagon-why-saudi-arabia-executing-drug-dealers-on-massive-scale ) [09:21] TR News "Wayne Reid, executive director of APT, said it will lose about $3.2 million, equal to about 13% of its FY24 budget, in federal funding after President Donald Trump signed a law revoking $1.1 billion for public media over the next two fiscal years." https://alabamareflector.com/2025/07/29/alabama-public-television-may-drop-npr-affiliate-stations-after-federal-funding-cuts/ | Source: Alabama Reflector [09:21] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/07/29/alabama-public-television-may-drop-npr-affiliate-stations-after-federal-funding-cuts/ ) [09:21] TR News "The use of overlapping defamation charges and suspended sentences to keep journalists behind bars has become a dangerous pattern for press freedom in Iraqi Kurdistan" https://cpj.org/2025/07/kurdish-journalist-omed-baroshkys-imprisonment-extended-by-6-months/ | Source: CPJ [09:21] TR Bot Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshkys imprisonment extended by 6 months - Committee to Protect Journalists [09:21] TR News "extremist" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-journalist-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-connections-to-anti-corruption-foundation/ | Source: JURIST [09:21] TR Bot Russian journalist sentenced to 12 years for ties to Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation - JURIST - News [09:30] TR News "There of course remains a danger with use of the vague term Islamophobia to describe hatred against Muslims. " https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/29/labour-new-islamophobia-definition-could-backfire/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [09:30] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/29/labour-new-islamophobia-definition-could-backfire/ ) [09:30] TR News "The current moves are a disaster for freedom of speech, artistic expression, creation of online spaces away from the big apps, and consumer rights." https://blog.avas.space/never-comply/ | Source: Ava [09:30] TR Bot never comply | ava's blog [09:31] TR News "Fears are mounting that the Iranian state may be preparing to repeat the 1988 massacre in which thousands of political prisoners were executed." https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/rights-groups-warn-of-mass-executions-in-iran-s-prisons-80540 | Source: ANF News [09:31] TR Bot ANF | Rights groups warn of mass executions in Irans prisons [09:37] TR News "The [Internet] as we know it is in failure mode: [...]" https://www.8ball.report/p/the-anglo-american-internet-schism | Source: Sean Monahan [09:37] TR Bot the anglo-american internet schism - by Sean Monahan [09:38] TR News "Negative articles about a tech CEO vanished from Google after someone made fraudulent requests using the Refresh Outdated Content Tool." https://www.404media.co/journalist-discovers-google-vulnerability-that-allowed-people-to-disappear-specific-pages-from-search/ | Source: 404 Media [09:38] TR Bot Journalist Discovers Google Vulnerability That Allowed People to Disappear Specific Pages From Search [09:38] TR News "Dill's book is one of 596 that are banned on the department's list, which was made public earlier this month by a federal judge hearing the case of E.K. v. the Department of Defence." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-author-anti-racism-book-banned-by-u-s-department-of-defense-1.7596988 | Source: CBC [09:38] TR Bot Sask. author's anti-racism book is among 596 banned by U.S. Department of Defence for use in its schools | CBC News [09:38] TR News "Similar messaging has also spread across pro-government Telegram channels." https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/30/maybe-it-will-distract-people-from-rising-prices | Source: Meduza [09:38] TR Bot Maybe it will distract people from rising prices What the Kremlins latest propaganda guide tells state media to say about Trumps E.U. trade deal Meduza [09:39] TR News "Theres a lot in this message that reads far-left. The anti-Israel, pro-Iran worldview. The obsession with demographics. The naked antisemitism" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/this-is-the-craziest-email-ive-ever | Source: Garry Kasparov [09:39] TR Bot This Is The Craziest Email Ive Ever Received [09:39] TR News "Previously the team of security researchers followed the 90+30 timetable, where vendors were told about a bug and given 90 days to fix it. Then, 30 days after that patch was shipped, the full technical details about the bug were published." https://therecord.media/google-project-zero-publicly-announce-vulnerabilities-week-after-reporting | Source: The Record [09:39] TR Bot Google Project Zero to publicly announce bugs within a week of reporting them | The Record from Recorded Future News [09:44] TR News "The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is supposed to be about attacks on computer systems. It is not, as a federal district court suggested in Ryanair v. Booking.com, applicable when someone uses valid login credentials to access information to which those credentials provide access." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/ryanairs-cfaa-claim-against-bookingcom-has-nothing-do-actual-hacking | Source: EFF [09:44] TR Bot Ryanairs CFAA Claim Against Booking.com Has Nothing To Do with Actual Hacking | Electronic Frontier Foundation [09:44] TR News "The EU's AI Act was enacted in March last year, making it the first legislation designed specifically to address the risk of artificial intelligence" https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/eu_ai_act/ | Source: The Register UK [09:44] TR Bot EU law for GenAI comes into force this week The Register [09:45] TR News "Its also a giveaway of Canadian constitutional rights in the name of border security." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/30/canadas-bill-c-2-opens-the-floodgates-to-u-s-surveillance/ | Source: Techdirt [09:45] TR Bot Bill C-2 Opens The Floodgates To U.S. Surveillance | Techdirt [09:45] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Microsoft, "worth $4 trillion" while it fires people and sometimes says it didn't fix a publicly known vulnerability for months because they didn't consider it a threat. [09:48] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Regarding people on disability who get investigated. You mentioned a woman who they filmed doing housework. [09:48] IsambardPrince I've got a better one for you. [09:48] IsambardPrince Social Security had a woman who filed for Disability. She sold food out of a taco truck, outside the office she was applying for Disability from. [09:49] IsambardPrince Another man said he was too disabled to work because of a back injury, they found him doing wrestling. [09:50] TR News "The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact (CNDCP or the Pact) is made up of more than 100 bit barn operators and trade associations, and claims to account for more than 85 percent of Europe's datacenter capacity." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/datacenter_lobby_eu_efficiency/ | Source: The Register UK [09:50] TR Bot Datacenter lobby blows a fuse over EU efficiency proposals The Register [09:50] IsambardPrince Social Security looks for social media profiles with your name on them. [09:50] TR News "The latest data center, a joint effort between regional energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and AI data center developer Crusoe" https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-data-center-electricity-wyoming-cheyenne-44da7974e2d942acd8bf003ebe2e855a | Source: Associated Press [09:50] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-data-center-electricity-wyoming-cheyenne-44da7974e2d942acd8bf003ebe2e855a ) [09:50] IsambardPrince It's better not to have any. [09:50] TR News "The upcoming huge AI data center is so big that it will need its own dedicated energy production using a mix of gas and renewables." https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/power-usage-in-wyoming-ai-data-center-could-eclipse-consumption-of-the-states-human-residents-by-5x-tenant-of-colossal-investment-remains-a-mystery | Source: Tom's Hardware [09:50] TR Bot Power usage in Wyoming AI data center could eclipse consumption of the state's human residents by 5x tenant of colossal investment remains a mystery | Tom's Hardware [09:51] TR News "This time around, though, it is possible to trace the price hikes in these cities to a specific source: the boom in data centers, those large warehouses of technology that support artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other Big Tech wonders." https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/27/electricity-rates-ohio-data-centers-ai/ | Source: The Washington Post [09:51] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/27/electricity-rates-ohio-data-centers-ai/ ) [09:53] TR News "Serving 67 million customers, the PJM region covers just over a dozen states, including Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, as well as DC." https://futurism.com/ai-datacenters-raising-electric-bills | Source: Futurism [09:53] TR Bot AI Datacenters Are Raising Nearby Residents' Electric Bills [09:53] TR News "Inbound flights were still able to land, Londons Gatwick Airport said. Monitoring site Flightradar24 showed that no flights were taking off from UK airports at one point, though planes were later seen departing from several hubs." https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/30/travel/uk-flights-technical-issues-intl | Source: CNN [09:53] TR Bot Flights at UK airports hit by major technical issue | CNN [09:55] TR News "The Sun can reveal cockpit crews were urgently messaged: Please be aware that there is an ATC radar failure at Swanwick which has zero rated UK airspace as of 14.30 GMT." https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36088854/message-sent-pilots-outbound-uk-flights-grounded-airports/ | Source: The Sun [09:55] TR Bot Urgent message sent to pilots after all outbound UK flights grounded by radar failure revealed | The Sun [09:56] TR News "But solar panels, batteries, and virtual power plant technology have proven to be critical in keeping up the supply of power for air conditioners, and may have saved households in New England up to $20 million on their bills. [...]" https://www.semafor.com/article/07/29/2025/us-clean-energy-helps-prevent-blackouts-during-heatwave | Source: Semafor Inc [09:56] TR Bot clean energy helps prevent blackouts during heatwave | Semafor [09:59] TR News "Environmental lawyers arent so sure that a nationwide permit for data centers, regardless of their size, would follow the intent of the Clean Water Act" https://www.wired.com/story/big-tech-asked-for-looser-clean-water-act-permitting-trump-wants-to-give-it-to-them/ | Source: Wired [09:59] TR Bot Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them | WIRED ● Jul 31 [10:00] IsambardPrince I always order my whoppers at Burger King without mayo. I bring them home and put Duke's on them, or I take a small container of Duke's with me. I just like it a lot better. It's all I cook with. [10:00] TR News "Vehicle pollution kills, and Donald Trumps catastrophic rollback of the vehicle standards will eviscerate one of our most effective tools to tackle the nations top polluting industry." https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trump-proposes-to-gut-clean-vehicle-standards-and-wipe-out-climate-science | Source: Common Dreams [10:00] TR Bot Trump Proposes to Gut Clean Vehicle Standards and Wipe Out Climate Science | Common Dreams [10:01] TR News "Temperatures the world over have soared in recent years as climate change creates ever more erratic weather patterns, and Japan is no exception." https://phys.org/news/2025-07-japan-high-temperature-412c.html | Source: Omicron Limited [10:01] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-japan-high-temperature-412c.html ) [10:01] IsambardPrince schestowitz[TR2], Trump is causing a recession. [10:01] IsambardPrince Carbon emissions go down in recessions. [10:02] IsambardPrince Less people buy a lot of stuff. [10:02] TR News "Now, retreating water levels are exposing stretches of cracked, arsenic-laden lakebed. Windstorms have begun to blow across the lakebed, picking up clouds of poisonous dust. They carry it into the Wasatch Front, which houses 2.8 million of Utahs 3.4 million residents." https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/great-salt-lake-utah-water-levels-lakebed/ | Source: The Nation [10:02] TR Bot The Great Salt Lake Is a Ticking Time Bomb | The Nation [10:02] IsambardPrince Few people going on trips. [10:03] TR News "The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the population grew by 700,000 in the year to last June" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/england-wales-population-migration-b2798711.html | Source: The Independent UK [10:03] TR Bot Migration fuels second biggest population rise in 75 years | The Independent [10:03] *birkoff has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [10:06] geert supsupsup [10:06] TR News "The blood-curdling savagery of the attack and the choice of target young girls dancing to a pop singer who had been singled out for death threats that summer by Islamic State told anyone who cared to think about it that Axel Rudakubana had spent time in Islamist chatrooms." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/29/allison-pearson-lucy-connolly-southport-decent-britain/ | Source: The Telegraph UK [10:06] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/29/allison-pearson-lucy-connolly-southport-decent-britain/ ) [10:09] TR News [Old] "The unipolar U.S.-centered order hoping to end history reflected a basic economic and political dynamic that has been a characteristic of Western civilization ever since classical Greece and Rome set off along a different track from the Near Eastern matrix in the first millennium BC" https://michael-hudson.com/2022/07/the-end-of-western-civilization/ | [10:09] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ( status 0 @ https://michael-hudson.com/2022/07/the-end-of-western-civilization/ ) [10:41] TR News "Australias plan, which comes into force in December, is not to ban kids from using social media. The nations leaders instead want to stop social media services from tracking kids through their accounts." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/australia_kids_socials_signup_ban_extended/ | Source: The Register UK [10:41] TR Bot Australia bans kids from signing up for YouTube accounts The Register [10:42] TR News "Since the government said last year it would exempt YouTube due to its popularity with teachers, platforms covered by the ban, such as Meta's Facebook and Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, have complained" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/australia-widens-teen-social-media-ban-to-youtube-1894551 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [10:42] TR Bot Australia Widens Teen Social Media Ban To YouTube [10:43] TR News "The experts monitoring sanctions against the two groups said the organizations pivot towards parts of Africa continued" partly because of Islamic State losses in the Middle East due to counterterrorism pressures." https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-07-30/islamic-state-and-al-qaida-threat-is-intense-in-africa-with-growing-risks-in-syria-un-experts-say | Source: US News And World Report [10:43] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-07-30/islamic-state-and-al-qaida-threat-is-intense-in-africa-with-growing-risks-in-syria-un-experts-say ) [10:43] TR News "With a new feature, Footnotes, TikTok will let a select group of users add context and background information to some of the short videos on the app, along with links to the information's sources." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-asks-users-to-help-police-misinformation/articleshow/123002484.cms | Source: India Times [10:43] TR Bot TikTok asks users to help police misinformation - The Economic Times [10:45] TR News "Under-16s won't be allowed to have active YouTube accounts or subscribe to YouTube channels when the federal government's social media ban comes into effect." https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/youtube-will-be-included-in-the-under-16s-social-media-ban/vez5w8g0a | Source: SBS [10:45] TR Bot YouTube to be included in Australia's social media ban. Here's what you need to know | SBS News [10:45] TR News "Islamic State-Mozambique is one of many terrorist groups in Africa using child abduction as a weapon of war." https://adf-magazine.com/2025/07/terrorists-in-mozambique-use-child-abductions-to-grow-ranks/ | Source: ADF [10:45] TR Bot Terrorists in Mozambique Use Child Abductions to Grow Ranks - Africa Defense Forum [10:46] TR News "R Street is a think tank that stands for free markets and limited, effective government, so they will not say this, but privacy legislation would help protect users from these kinds of abuses." https://pxlnv.com/linklog/tea-spilled/ | Source: Nick Heer [10:46] TR Bot Tea Spilled Pixel Envy [10:46] TR News "We will use AI to interpret a variety of signals that help us to determine whether a user is over or under 18. These signals include the types of videos a user is searching for, the categories of videos they have watched, or the longevity of the account" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/youtube-to-use-ai-to-detect-viewers-under-18-1894570 | Source: Deccan Chronicle [10:46] TR Bot YouTube To Use AI To Detect Viewers Under 18 [10:47] TR News "Data-brokers hold all kinds of data on you, from the "legitimate" information about everywhere your car has driven" https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/#medallion-clubbed | Source: CoryDoctorow [10:47] TR Bot Pluralistic: Deltas AI-based price-gouging (30 Jul 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [10:48] TR News "Cool, cool, all makes sense, I can see theyre trying to get teens to develop healthy online habits, andhold on a minute, go back to that first one. "Showing only non-personalized ads" is a "protection" now?" https://blog.zgp.org/personalized-advertising-is-an-adult-custom/ | Source: Don Marti [10:48] TR Bot personalized advertising is an adult custom [10:48] TR News "certain age restricted content" https://www.404media.co/spotify-uk-age-check-verification-yoti/ | Source: 404 Media [10:48] TR Bot Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content [10:53] *IsambardPrince has quit (connection closed) [10:54] TR News "There is a pattern when schools adopt such technologies: parents arent consulted or asked for consent, vulnerable student populations are impacted and already limited resources are diverted without actually achieving the intended goal" https://therecord.media/flock-safety-raptor-technologies-schools-surveillance | Source: The Record [10:54] TR Bot Schools are next for Flock Safetys automatic license place reader cameras | The Record from Recorded Future News [10:56] TR News "In the letter, Wyden reported that Google said it could not tell him whether the British government had demanded special backdoor access to users private data on its services. That seemed to raise the possibility that Apple, which has said it received such a demand, was not alone." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/29/uk-encryption-backdoor-wyden-letter-gabbard/ | Source: The Washington Post [10:56] TR Bot stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/29/uk-encryption-backdoor-wyden-letter-gabbard/ ) [10:56] TR News "In response to the letter, Jim Killock, Executive Director of Open Rights Group said: [...]" https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/google-refuses-to-deny-uk-encryption-demands/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup [10:56] TR Bot Google Refuses to Deny UK Encryption Demands | Open Rights Group [10:57] TR News "The Pick Up After Your DOGE [sic] Act from Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island" https://fedscoop.com/doge-audits-agency-it-systems-senate-democrats-bill/ | Source: Scoop News Group [10:57] TR Bot Democrats want total audit of DOGE access to agency systems | FedScoop [10:57] TR News "Why the sudden about-face on privacy? One clue: These days, there are billions of dollars to be made by tech companies willing to work with police or the defense sector to trample on our civil liberties." https://www.eff.org/effector/37/9 | Source: EFF [10:57] TR Bot EFFector 37.9 | Electronic Frontier Foundation ● Jul 31 [11:05] TR News "Like many similar groups, Lazarus over the years has shifted tactics." https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/30/lazarus-turns-open-source-weapon-latest-global-espionage-push/ | Source: Silicon Angle [11:05] TR Bot turns open source into a weapon in its latest global espionage push - SiliconANGLE [11:08] *birkoff (birkoff@freenode-adfd07.pp8t.eshf.59jtia.IP) has joined #techrights [11:08] TR News Windows TCO: "Although Ingram Micro previously said it had contained the incident" https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/ingram_micro_ransomware_threat/ | Source: The Register UK [11:08] TR Bot Ingram Micro attackers threaten 3.5 TB data leak this week The Register [11:09] TR News Windows TCO: "Data breaches in the U.S. are getting more costly even as theyre getting cheaper in the rest of the world." https://thecyberexpress.com/us-data-breach-costs-rise/ | Source: Cyble Inc [11:09] TR Bot U.S. Data Breach Costs Rise As Global Average Falls [11:09] TR News Windows TCO: "Phishing remains the most common method of attack, with media groups targeted both by hacktivists and for-profit ransomware gangs." https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/cyberattack-publishers-editors-washington-post-haymarket/ | Source: Press Gazette [11:09] TR Bot Cyberattacks target email accounts of senior journalists - Press Gazette [11:09] TR News "This isn't that essay. I'm too lazy to write something amazing, and too aware of the limitations of outsourcing my thinking." https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/winners-dont-use-chatgpt/ | Source: Terence Eden [11:09] TR Bot Winners dont use ChatGPT Terence Edens Blog [11:09] TR News "Tyler, the Creators ninth studio album, Dont Tap the Glass, was set up for a massive summer impact. But the album release has been overshadowed by an AI song with the same name on TikTok." https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/29/tyler-the-creator-dont-tap-the-glass-ai-song/ | Source: Digital Music News [11:09] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/29/tyler-the-creator-dont-tap-the-glass-ai-song/ ) [11:10] TR News "For instance, Foster pointed to one viral video in which a man recounted going on a first date with a woman but was surprised when she pulled out ChatGPT on her phone and asked it what she should order off the menu. ("There was no second date," he concluded.)" https://futurism.com/sloppers-ask-ai-everything | Source: Futurism [11:10] TR Bot People Are Becoming "Sloppers" Who Have to Ask AI Before They Do Anything [11:11] TR News "David Ho is an oceanographer at the University of Hawaii. Cosmos posted an article about removing carbon from the oceans. " https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/30/csiro-posts-ai-fake-climate-article-with-made-up-quotes/ | Source: Pivot to AI [11:11] TR Bot CSIRO posts AI-fake climate article with made-up quotes Pivot to AI [11:11] TR News "Others in the industry are calling for keeping humans at the heart of video games, or citing concerns that an LLM-powered NPC could lead to all kinds of unpredictable and potentially unsavory behavior." https://futurism.com/demo-video-game-characters-panic-code-matrix | Source: Futurism [11:11] TR Bot In Disturbing Demo, Video Game Characters Panic When Told They're Just Code [11:12] TR News "Over the last few weeks Ive seen an increase in advertising in places that appear new and where I havent seen it before. Along with new places, there has been a massive increase in others. Id like to take a quick tour through these areas." https://claytonerrington.com/blog/the-invasion-of-advertising/ | Source: Clayton Errington [11:12] TR Bot The Invasion of Advertising [11:12] TR News "I introduced this family project in the spring of 2024. I wont reproduce those arguments for why were working on this, but in the current climate I feel like I hardly need to. Since that post, our aversion to Google dependency has only grown stronger. Progress has been non-zero but not fast." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/07/29/DeGoogling | Source: Tim Bray [11:12] TR Bot ongoing by Tim Bray De-Google Project Update [11:13] TR News "Health data are critical to health systems in Canada, but the potential of these data to be accessed and used by foreign entities for surveillance purposes without consent is concerning." https://www.cmaj.ca/content/197/26/E763 | [11:13] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.cmaj.ca/content/197/26/E763 ) [11:13] TR News "New measurements of fine microplastic particles suspended in the air in homes and cars suggest that humans may be inhaling far greater amounts of lung-penetrating microplastics than previously thought." https://phys.org/news/2025-07-inhale-lung-penetrating-microplastics-daily.html | Source: Omicron Limited [11:13] TR Bot ( status 422 @ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-inhale-lung-penetrating-microplastics-daily.html ) [11:15] TR News "I need a better way of organising my notes, to-dos and tasks. I have crap all over the place at the moment, so if you have a system, I'd love to know what it is." https://kevquirk.com/blog/how-do-you-take-notes | Source: Kev Quirk [11:15] TR Bot How Do You Take Notes? | Kev Quirk [11:15] TR News "Sometimes, less is more. Sometimes, limits unlock flow." https://birming.com/2025/07/30/less-time-more-blog/ | Source: Robert Birming [11:15] TR Bot time, more blog | Robert Birming [11:15] TR News "I thought I would read this book and do a big compare and contrast as to how best practice advice has changed. As it happens, most of the book is worked out examples" https://noelrappin.com/blog/2025/07/programming-proverbs-in-1975-and-2025/ | Source: Noel Rappin [11:15] TR Bot Programming Proverbs in 1975 and 2025 Noel Rappin Writes Here [11:18] TR News "It remains the longest-running theatrical release in film history and still plays in cinemas today. We look back with the cast and crew to find out how the film became such a cult phenomenon." https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/31/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-at-50-an-oral-history | Source: The Guardian UK [11:18] TR Bot Everybody was fondling underwater!: the Rocky Horror Picture Show at 50 an oral history | Film | The Guardian [11:26] TR News Techrights Links 31/07/2025: Spotify Collapses and Spotify Now Forcing Some Users to Undergo Face-Scanning https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Links_31_07_2025_Spotify_Collapses_and_Spotify_Now_Forcing_Some.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Links_31_07_2025_Spotify_Collapses_and_Spotify_Now_Forcing_Some.gmi [11:26] TR Bot Techrights Links 31/07/2025: Spotify Collapses and Spotify Now Forcing Some Users to Undergo Face-Scanning [11:39] TR News "From club member to mentor, Isabelle shares how her passion for reading and helping others led her to mentor at a local Code Club." https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/from-coder-to-mentor-meet-isabelle/ | Source: Raspberry Pi [11:39] TR Bot From coder to mentor: Meet Isabelle - Raspberry Pi Foundation [11:41] TR News Red Hat is falsely marketing proprietary, back-doored Microsoft things as confidential; IBM has no sense of integrity anymore https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/confidential-containers-microsoft-azure-red-hat-openshift-sandboxed-containers-110-and-red-hat-build-trustee | Source: Red Hat Official [11:41] TR Bot Confidential containers on Microsoft Azure with Red Hat OpenShift Sandboxed Containers 1.10 and Red Hat Build of Trustee [11:41] TR News More fake security from IBM; truly atrocious https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/deploy-sensitive-workloads-with-openshift-confidential-containers | Source: Red Hat Official [11:41] TR Bot Deploy sensitive workloads with OpenShift confidential containers [11:42] TR News Forrester is bribed by Red Hat to issues marketing disguised as "independent" "analyses" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-named-leader-forrester-wave-q3-2025 | Source: Red Hat Official [11:42] TR Bot Red Hat named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Multicloud Container Platforms, Q3 2025 [11:44] TR News "independent" "analyses" http://techrights.org/wiki/Forrester/ [11:44] TR Bot Forrester [11:47] TR News Shame on LWN for being a parrot of Microsoft and its bribed officials https://lwn.net/Articles/1031943/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Microsoft_Hiring_European_Politicians_is_Another_Form_of_Briber.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/25/Microsoft_Bribes_and_Buys_Politicians_to_Tell_Europe_What_to_Do.shtml [11:47] TR Bot need a European Sovereign Tech Fund (GitHub blog) [LWN.net] [11:47] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Hiring European Politicians is Another Form of Bribery; There Should be a European Investigation [11:47] TR Bot Techrights Microsoft Bribes and Buys Politicians to Tell Europe What to Do About Free Software (Which It's Attacking) [11:47] TR News openforumeurope is also now officially infiltrated by Microsoft, which says a lot https://techrights.org/o/2021/01/31/openforum-europe-lf/ [11:47] TR Bot OpenForum Europe (IBM et al) and Linux Foundation Are Boosting and Cooperating With Enemies of Software Freedom [11:48] TR News Ma-ma-ma-ma my Fedora - Good and bad lessons from '42 https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-42-gnome-good-bad-things.html [11:48] TR Bot Ma-ma-ma-ma my Fedora - Good and bad lessons from '42 [11:49] TR News Flaw in Vibe Coding Platform Base44 Exposed Private Enterprise Applications https://www.securityweek.com/flaw-in-vibe-coding-platform-base44-exposed-private-enterprise-applications/ [11:49] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/flaw-in-vibe-coding-platform-base44-exposed-private-enterprise-applications/ ) [11:52] TR News Bits from Debian: New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2025) https://bits.debian.org/2025/07/new-developers-2025-06.html [11:52] TR Bot New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May andJune 2025) - Bits from Debian [11:53] TR News Federal Circuit Steps Into Apple-Fintiv Discovery Fight Days Before August 4 Trial https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/federal-circuit-discovery.html [11:53] TR Bot Federal Circuit Steps Into Apple-Fintiv Discovery Fight Days Before August 4 Trial | Patently-O [11:55] TR News Manjaro 25.0.6 released https://distrowatch.com/manjaro [11:55] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro ) ● Jul 31 [12:45] *SomeGoat (~SomeGoat@r9ruxqydtdctn.irc) has joined #techrights ● Jul 31 [13:13] TR News Diablo-like Games You Can Play With Steam on GNU/Linux https://itsfoss.com/diablo-like-games/ [13:13] TR Bot Diablo-like Games You Can Play With Steam on Linux [13:13] TR News Slopwatch: Surveillance Giant Google News is Pumping in Lots of Web Traffic Into Fake Sites That Say "Linux" https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Slopwatch_Google_News_is_Pumping_in_Lots_of_Web_Traffic_Into_Fa.shtml [13:13] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch: Google News is Pumping in Lots of Web Traffic Into Fake Sites That Say "Linux" [13:13] TR News Wayland Considered Harmful (to GNU/Linux Adoption) https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Wayland_Considered_Harmful_to_GNU_Linux_Adoption.shtml [13:13] TR Bot Techrights Wayland Considered Harmful (to GNU/Linux Adoption) [13:14] TR News Cash Machines (ATMs) Make Mistakes and They're Proprietary Software https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Cash_Machines_ATMs_Make_Mistakes_and_They_re_Proprietary_Softwa.shtml [13:14] TR Bot Techrights Cash Machines (ATMs) Make Mistakes and They're Proprietary Software [13:15] TR News Bribery is OK If You Work for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (No Punishment Expected) https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Bribery_is_OK_If_You_Work_for_Microsoft_No_Punishment_Expected.shtml [13:15] TR Bot Techrights Bribery is OK If You Work for Microsoft (No Punishment Expected) [13:15] TR News The OSI Has Been Silent for Over 3 Weeks, It Has a Severe Trust Issue After Promoting Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Proprietary Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/The_OSI_Has_Been_Silent_for_Over_3_Weeks_It_Has_a_Severe_Trust_.shtml [13:15] TR Bot Techrights The OSI Has Been Silent for Over 3 Weeks, It Has a Severe Trust Issue After Promoting Microsoft and Proprietary GitHub [13:15] TR News Before the OSI Was Bribed and Hijacked by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft via Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub and Compromised Management... https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Before_the_OSI_Was_Bribed_and_Hijacked_by_Microsoft_via_GitHub_.shtml [13:15] TR Bot Techrights Before the OSI Was Bribed and Hijacked by Microsoft via GitHub and Compromised Management... [13:16] TR News Slopwatch Makes the Web Better https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Slopwatch_Makes_the_Web_Better.shtml [13:16] TR Bot Techrights Slopwatch Makes the Web Better [13:16] TR News My Experience With Judges Has been Positive, But We Must Still Pursue SLAPP Reform in the United Kingdom https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/My_Experience_With_Judges_Has_been_Positive_But_We_Must_Still_P.shtml [13:16] TR Bot Techrights My Experience With Judges Has been Positive, But We Must Still Pursue SLAPP Reform in the United Kingdom [13:16] TR News Wall Street Does Not Care About Microsoft's Impending (August) Layoffs, It Believes Lies From Microsoft, Whose Debt Grows Rapidly https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Wall_Street_Does_Not_Care_About_Microsoft_s_Impending_August_La.shtml [13:16] TR Bot Techrights Wall Street Does Not Care About Microsoft's Impending (August) Layoffs, It Believes Lies From Microsoft, Whose Debt Grows Rapidly [13:16] TR News How to Report Fashion Company Apple Layoffs Without Saying the "L" Word https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/How_to_Report_Apple_Layoffs_Without_Saying_the_L_Word.shtml [13:16] TR Bot Techrights How to Report Apple Layoffs Without Saying the "L" Word [13:17] TR News Riot for peace & Love: Catholic Influencers and Digital Missionaries welcome Jubilee of Youth (updated) https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Riot_for_peace_Love_Catholic_Influencers_and_Digital_Missionari.shtml [13:17] TR Bot Techrights Riot for peace & Love: Catholic Influencers and Digital Missionaries welcome Jubilee of Youth [13:23] TR News Malikie MPEG-DASH related patent monopoly challenged https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/29/malikie-mpeg-dash-patent-challenged [13:23] TR Bot Malikie MPEG-DASH related patent challenged Unified Patents [13:23] TR News Dominion Harbor entity, Arlington Technologies, Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenged https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/29/dominion-harbor-entity-arlington-technologies-wi-fi-patent-challenged [13:23] TR Bot Dominion Harbor entity, Arlington Technologies, Wi-Fi patent challenged Unified Patents [13:25] TR News "For government agencies and enterprise systems, the implications are even more grave." https://puri.sm/posts/ai-puts-your-personal-privacy-at-risk/ | Source: Purism [13:25] TR Bot AI Puts Your Personal Privacy at Risk Purism [13:25] TR News "If youre here, you likely already know about preemption, determinism, and real-time capable operating systems." https://ubuntu.com//blog/enable-real-time-ubuntu | Source: Ubuntu [13:25] TR Bot to enable Real-time Ubuntu on your machine | Ubuntu [13:25] TR News "You can save yourself some time by creating aliases for your most commonly used commands." https://www.tecmint.com/create-alias-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint [13:25] TR Bot How to Create Aliases (Shortcuts) for Common Linux Commands [13:26] TR News "Tux Math (or Tux, of Math Command) is a free software education game designed for kids to learn mathematics by playing." https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/07/how-to-install-tux-math-game-on-ubuntu-2404.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz [13:26] TR Bot How To Install Tux Math Game on Ubuntu 24.04 [13:27] TR News "The July 2025 release of DietPi v9.15 introduces support for the Orange Pi 3 non-LTS, provides its own updated Unbound packages" https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-july-2025-update-adds-orange-pi-3-support-and-prepares-for-debian-trixie/ | Source: Linux Gizmos [13:27] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-july-2025-update-adds-orange-pi-3-support-and-prepares-for-debian-trixie/ ) [13:30] TR News "After nearly 28 years as W8MHB, I decided recently to apply for a new vanity call sign." https://ai5.mx/blog/how-i-chose-my-new-call-sign/ | [13:30] TR Bot How I Chose My New Call Sign - AI5MX [13:30] TR News "Text is the oldest and most stable communication technology (assuming we treat speech/signing as natural phenomenon" https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html | [13:30] TR Bot Captcha Check [13:31] TR News "Performing all sorts of small tasks and automations with shell scripts is a superpower for software developers, IT admins and other people working with computers." https://hamatti.org/posts/better-alternative-to-shell-scripts-with-python-uv-and-pytest/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala [13:31] TR Bot Better alternative to shell scripts with Python, uv and pytest : Juha-Matti Santala [13:31] TR News "Last week, we discussed how to write our own formatter and finished with a relatively simple solution for printing a struct called ProgrammingLanguage. Today, well take it to the next level." https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/07/30/format-your-own-type-part-2 | Source: Sandor Dargo [13:31] TR Bot Format your own type (Part 2) | Sandor Dargo's Blog [13:31] TR News "Im glad I did this. Its good to look outside the ecosystems you use regularly." https://citizen428.net/blog/we-lost-something/ | Source: Michael Kohl [13:31] TR Bot lost something along the way - citizen428.net [13:32] TR News "The Post SMTP plugin is an add-on used by approximately 400,000 WordPress-powered websites to improve the reliability" https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/200-000-wordpress-websites-at-risk-of-being-hijacked-due-to-vulnerable-post-smtp-plugin | Source: Bitdefender [13:32] TR Bot 200,000 WordPress websites at risk of being hijacked due to vulnerable Post SMTP plugin [13:33] TR News "Fortunately, we're in a much better place than we were this time last year." https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-150a1/ | Source: Tor [13:33] TR Bot New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 15.0a1 | The Tor Project [13:33] TR News "In many cases we can accomplish the same thing with a shell redirect which also redirects multiple URLs at once: [...]" https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/30/output-nothing-with-out-null/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg [13:33] TR Bot nothing with out-null | daniel.haxx.se [13:34] TR News "The Exim mail server has, among other features, a string expansion language with quite a number of expansion operators." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/EximRunQuotingChange | Source: University of Toronto [13:34] TR Bot You're using a too-old browser [13:35] TR News "Lovense, a popular maker of [Internet]-connected sex toys with over 20 million users" https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/millions-of-sex-toy-users-had-emails-and-accounts-exposed-by-app-flaw-101753934806437.html | Source: Hindustan Times [13:35] TR Bot Millions of sex toy users had emails and accounts exposed by app flaw | Trending - Hindustan Times [13:35] TR News "Lovense has now fixed the security flaws highlighted earlier this week." https://www.pcmag.com/news/lovense-sex-toy-app-security-flaw-can-leak-your-email-address | Source: PC Mag [13:35] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.pcmag.com/news/lovense-sex-toy-app-security-flaw-can-leak-your-email-address ) [13:36] TR News "Chris Boross, senior sales exec at Raspberry Pi, told us that with the new stepping" https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/29/raspberry_pi_rp2350_update/ | Source: The Register UK [13:36] TR Bot Raspberry Pi updates RP2350, launches new hacking challenge The Register [13:36] TR News "When I got the CoCo, one of the big problems was the super-smeary, snowy video on the RF-out." https://www.leadedsolder.com/2025/07/15/tandy-trs80-coco-composite-mod-aquarius.html | [13:36] TR Bot CoCo1 composite video | Leaded Solder [13:37] TR News "Howdie. Many a Linux nerd is under a wrongful impression that I have some rancorous emotional investment..." https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-42-gnome-good-bad-things.html | Source: Dedoimedo [13:37] TR Bot Ma-ma-ma-ma my Fedora - Good and bad lessons from '42 [13:37] TR News "Much longed for by some, remembered as a quaint memory by other greybeards" https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250730080301 | Source: Undeadly [13:37] TR Bot Classic CDE (Common Desktop Environment) coming to OpenBSD [13:38] TR News "For as long as weve been doing SEO, weve been operating inside a URL-shaped worldview. Googles early systems indexed and ranked URLs" https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/url-shaped-web/ | Source: Jono Alderson [13:38] TR Bot The web isnt URL-shaped anymore - Jono Alderson [13:38] TR News "Identity and Access Management (IAM) isn't the same thing as (single sign on) authentication, although I believe it's connected to authorization if you take the 'Access' part seriously, and also a bunch of IAM systems will also do some or all of authentication too so everything is in one place." https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MyIAMViewSoFar | Source: University of Toronto [13:38] TR News "You will note that this post claims 500 virtual devices and you might think that is not a lot and youd be right." https://underjord.io/500-virtual-linux-devices-on-arm64.html | Source: Lars Wikman [13:38] TR Bot Underjord | 500 virtual Linux devices on ARM 64 [13:39] TR News "1 hr 5 mins 58 secs" https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/453 | Source: The Ask Noah Show [13:39] TR Bot Ask Noah Show: Ask Noah Show 353 [13:40] *birkoff has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [13:47] TR News "One Mans Trash Bicycle Edition" https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/one-mans-trash-bicycle-edition/ | Source: Hackaday [13:47] TR Bot Mans Trash Bicycle Edition | Hackaday [13:47] TR News "Case in point, this AM transmitter from [oldradiofixer.]" https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-software-only-am-radio-transmitter/ | Source: Hackaday [13:48] TR Bot One-Hertz Challenge: A Software-Only AM Radio Transmitter | Hackaday [13:49] TR News "Shares in Confluent Inc. plunged more than 26% in late trading" ... remember how once upon a time everyone spoke of CLOUD.... CLOUD.... CLOUD.... CLOUD.... CLOUD.... CLOUD.... CLOUD.......? [13:50] TR News WiFi https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/legally-distinct-space-invaders-display-wifi-info/ | Source: Hackaday [13:50] TR Bot Distinct Space Invaders Display WiFi Info | Hackaday [13:55] TR News Wayland's fault? https://linuxiac.com/duckstation-ps1-emulator-dev-may-drop-linux-support-after-aur-frustrations/ [13:55] TR Bot DuckStation PS1 Emulator Dev May Drop Linux Support After AUR Frustrations [13:57] TR News Too many "Mark Kapo-berg Says" articles this week. They replace journalism with quote-alism. Useless. [13:58] TR News IFPI, CISAC, and Many More Call Out Hey Hi (AI) Act Implementation Measures: A Missed Opportunity to Provide Meaningful Protection of Intellectual Property Rights https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/30/ai-act-criticism-july-2025/ [13:58] TR Bot ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/30/ai-act-criticism-july-2025/ ) ● Jul 31 [14:02] TR News Chinese CPUs are closing the gap on AMD next-gen Zhaoxin chips feature 96 cores, 12-channel DDR5 memory, and 128 PCIe 5.0 Lanes https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinese-cpus-are-closing-the-gap-on-amd-next-gen-zhaoxin-chips-feature-96-cores-12-channel-ddr5-memory-and-128-pcie-5-0-lanes [14:02] TR Bot Chinese CPUs are closing the gap on AMD next-gen Zhaoxin chips feature 96 cores, 12-channel DDR5 memory, and 128 PCIe 5.0 Lanes | Tom's Hardware [14:03] TR News Rethinking cyber insurance questions to find real risk https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/rethinking-cyber-insurance-questions-to-find-real-risk/ [14:03] TR Bot Rethinking cyber insurance questions to find real risk | Pen Test Partners [14:04] TR News OpenSSF Newsletter July 2025 https://openssf.org/newsletter/2025/07/30/openssf-newsletter-july-2025/ [14:04] TR Bot OpenSSF Newsletter July 2025 Open Source Security Foundation [14:06] TR News To secure reprogrammable chips, the US must address supply chain risks https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/to-secure-reprogrammable-chips-the-us-must-address-supply-chain-risks/ [14:06] TR Bot To secure reprogrammable chips, the US must address supply chain risks - Atlantic Council [14:07] TR News Minnesota Activates National Guard in Response to Cyberattack https://www.securityweek.com/minnesota-activates-national-guard-in-response-to-cyberattack/ [14:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/minnesota-activates-national-guard-in-response-to-cyberattack/ ) [14:07] TR News Cost of Data Breach in US Rises to $10.22 Million, Says Latest I.C.B.M. Report https://www.securityweek.com/cost-of-data-breach-in-us-rises-to-10-22-million-says-latest-ibm-report/ [14:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/cost-of-data-breach-in-us-rises-to-10-22-million-says-latest-ibm-report/ ) [14:09] TR News Telecom Giant Orange Hit by Cyberattack https://www.securityweek.com/telecom-giant-orange-hit-by-cyberattack/ [14:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/telecom-giant-orange-hit-by-cyberattack/ ) [14:09] TR News Scattered Spider Activity Drops Following Arrests, but Others Adopting Groups Tactics https://www.securityweek.com/scattered-spider-activity-drops-following-arrests-but-others-adopting-groups-tactics/ [14:09] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.securityweek.com/scattered-spider-activity-drops-following-arrests-but-others-adopting-groups-tactics/ ) [14:12] TR News Breaking the Celestial Ceiling: Now and Then #4 https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/07/now-and-then-4 [14:12] TR Bot Breaking the Celestial Ceiling: *Now and Then #4* The Public Domain Review [14:12] TR News Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilichs Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/christening-of-lady-elisabeth-of-hesse [14:12] TR Bot Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilichs Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598) The Public Domain Review [14:13] TR News Project Zero disclosure policy change puts vendors on early notice https://cyberscoop.com/project-zero-google-zero-day-vulnerability-disclosure/ [14:13] TR Bot Zero disclosure policy change puts vendors on early notice | CyberScoop [14:14] TR News Slop is not Hey Hi (AI) https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/google-search-ai-mode-zimbabwe/ [14:14] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/google-search-ai-mode-zimbabwe/ ) [14:15] TR News CM5 MINIMA Raspberry Pi CM5 carrier board features M.2 2230/2242 socket for Hailo Hey Hi (AI) accelerator or NVMe SSD https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/31/cm5-minima-raspberry-pi-cm5-carrier-board-features-m-2-2230-2242-socket-for-hailo-ai-accelerator-or-nvme-ssd/ [14:15] TR Bot CM5 MINIMA Raspberry Pi CM5 carrier board features M.2 2230/2242 socket for Hailo AI accelerator or NVMe SSD - CNX Software [14:15] TR News ALPON X5 A Raspberry Pi CM5 Edge Hey Hi (AI) computer with 25 TOPS accelerator, 4G LTE connectivity (Crowdfunding) https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/30/alpon-x5-raspberry-pi-cm5-edge-ai-computer-25-tops-accelerator-4g-lte-connectivity/ [14:15] TR Bot ALPON X5 - A Raspberry Pi CM5 Edge AI computer with 25 TOPS accelerator, 4G LTE connectivity (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [14:30] TR News Measuring the Attack/Defense Balance https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/measuring-the-attack-defense-balance.html [14:30] TR Bot the Attack/Defense Balance - Schneier on Security [14:31] TR News Retaliation https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1084/retaliation [14:31] TR Bot Retaliation - David Revoy [14:31] TR News Securing Firebase: Lessons Re-Learned from the Tea Breach, (Wed, Jul 30th) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32158 [14:31] TR Bot Securing Firebase: Lessons Re-Learned from the Tea Breach [14:33] TR News OBS: Refining Your Notifications https://openbuildservice.org/2025/07/30/notifications-project-filter-and-group-maintainers// [14:33] TR Bot OBS: Refining Your Notifications - Open Build Service [14:34] TR News Iran Withdraws 'Fake News' Bill After Public Outcry https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-fake-news-bill-free-speech/33489342.html [14:34] TR Bot Iran Withdraws 'Fake News' Bill After Public Outcry [14:55] TR News Brown University strikes deal with Convicted Felon administration to restore half a billion dollars in federal funding https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/us-news/brown-university-strikes-deal-with-trump-administration-to-restore-half-a-billion-dollars-in-federal-funding/ [14:55] TR Bot Brown University strikes deal with Trump administration to restore half a billion dollars in federal funding ● Jul 31 [15:00] TR News "Failing Students With Disabilities" https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints | Source: Pro Publica [15:00] TR Bot Idaho Schools Are Breaking Special Education Laws, Failing Students With Disabilities ProPublica [15:04] TR News GNOME Shell Gets a Proper Desktop Photo Widget (Finally) https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/picture-desktop-widget-gnome-shell-extension [15:04] TR Bot GNOME Shell Gets a Proper Desktop Photo Widget (Finally) - OMG! Ubuntu [15:04] TR News Ubuntu 25.10 Offers Improved Disk Encryption Using TPM https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-25-10-tpm-disk-encryption [15:04] TR Bot Ubuntu 25.10 Offers Improved Disk Encryption Using TPM - OMG! Ubuntu [15:05] TR News cflow @ Savannah: GNU cflow version 1.8 https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10795 [15:05] TR Bot GNU cflow - News [Savannah] [15:06] TR News gdbm @ Savannah: GDBM version 1.26 https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10796 [15:06] TR Bot GNU dbm - News [Savannah] [15:06] *birkoff (birkoff@freenode-adfd07.pp8t.eshf.59jtia.IP) has joined #techrights [15:07] TR News mailutils @ Savannah: GNU mailutils version 3.20 https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10797 [15:07] TR Bot GNU Mailutils - News [Savannah] [15:07] *wael___ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:08] TR News FSF Blogs: Can you help us with the GNU Press shop on August 11? http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/cfv-reminder-2025-08 [15:08] TR Bot Can you help us with the GNU Press shop on August 11? Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [15:08] TR News FSF Blogs: Meet Miles Wilson, the FSF's summer 2025 campaigns intern http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/miles-wilson-2025-summer-intern [15:08] TR Bot Meet Miles Wilson, the FSF's summer 2025 campaigns intern Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [15:08] TR News FSF News: Job opportunity: Operations assistant at the Free Software Foundation (part-time) http://www.fsf.org/news/2025-job-opportunity-fsf-operations-assistant [15:08] TR Bot timed out after 10000 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://www.fsf.org/news/2025-job-opportunity-fsf-operations-assistant ) [15:08] TR News FSF News: Job opportunity: Deputy director at the Free Software Foundation (part-time exempt) http://www.fsf.org/news/2025-job-opportunity-fsf-deputy-director [15:09] TR Bot Job opportunity: Deputy director at the Free Software Foundation (part-time exempt) Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [15:09] TR News "The Cheap Macropad Conundrum" https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/linux-fu-the-cheap-macropad-conundrum/ | Source: Hackaday [15:09] TR Bot Fu: The Cheap Macropad Conundrum | Hackaday [15:10] TR News wemake-python-styleguide Python linter https://www.linuxlinks.com/wemake-python-styleguide-python-linter/ [15:10] TR Bot - Python linter - LinuxLinks [15:10] TR News Fizz TLS 1.3 implementation https://www.linuxlinks.com/fizz-tls-implementation/ [15:10] TR Bot - TLS 1.3 implementation - LinuxLinks [15:10] TR News Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Music Player https://www.linuxlinks.com/raspberry-pi5-desktop-mini-pc-music-player/ [15:11] TR Bot Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Music Player - LinuxLinks [15:12] TR News The XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro works on GNU/Linux now https://redstrate.com/blog/2025/07/the-xp-pen-artist-22r-pro-works-on-linux-now/ [15:12] TR Bot The XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro works on Linux now [15:13] TR News Latest Steam Proton beta adds support for new games on Linux, includes multiple bug fixes https://www.neowin.net/news/latest-steam-proton-beta-adds-support-for-new-games-on-linux-includes-multiple-bug-fixes/ [15:13] TR Bot Latest Steam Proton beta adds support for new games on Linux, includes multiple bug fixes - Neowin [15:14] TR News PurrCrypt secure encryption tool https://www.linuxlinks.com/purrcrypt-secure-encryption-tool/ [15:14] TR Bot - secure encryption tool - LinuxLinks [15:14] TR News ManageMeals Web recipe manager frontend https://www.linuxlinks.com/managemeals-web-recipe-manager-frontend/ [15:14] TR Bot Web - recipe manager frontend - LinuxLinks [15:15] TR News Forkgram https://sparkylinux.org/forkgram/ [15:15] TR Bot Forkgram - SparkyLinux [15:16] TR News Mozilla Open Policy & Advocacy Blog: Open by Design: How Nations Can Compete in the Age of Hey Hi (AI) https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/07/30/open-by-design-how-nations-can-compete-in-the-age-of-ai/ [15:16] TR Bot Open by Design: How Nations Can Compete in the Age of AI - Open Policy & Advocacy [15:16] TR News Security updates for Wednesday https://lwn.net/Articles/1031919/ [15:16] TR Bot updates for Wednesday [LWN.net] [15:18] TR News Alma-Based HeliumOS 10 Is Out Heres What I Think https://linuxiac.com/alma-based-heliumos-10-is-out-heres-what-i-think/ [15:18] TR Bot Alma-Based HeliumOS 10 Is Out Heres What I Think [15:21] TR News LibreArts Weekly recap 27 July 2025 https://librearts.org/2025/07/week-recap-28-july-2025/ [15:21] TR Bot Libre Arts - Weekly recap 27 July 2025 [15:22] TR News New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including S.P.L.I.T. - 2025-07-30 Edition https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-07-30-edition/index.html [15:22] TR Bot New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including S.P.L.I.T. - 2025-07-30 Edition [15:22] TR News Easy Excalibur 6.119 V7-beta6 https://bkhome.org/news/202507/easy-excalibur-6119-v7-beta6.html [15:22] TR Bot Easy Excalibur 6.119 V7-beta6 [15:24] TR News LumenPnP https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/the-lumenpnp-pasting-utility-never-buy-solder-stencils-again/ | Source: Hackaday [15:24] TR Bot LumenPnP Pasting Utility: Never Buy Solder Stencils Again? | Hackaday [15:25] TR News Australia widens teen social control media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250730-australia-widens-teen-social-media-ban-to-youtube-scraps-exemption [15:25] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250730-australia-widens-teen-social-media-ban-to-youtube-scraps-exemption ) [15:25] TR News "Rebooting WarGames WOPR With A Pi And Gemini" https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/rebooting-wargames-wopr-with-a-pi-and-gemini/ | Source: Hackaday [15:25] TR Bot WarGames WOPR With A Pi And Gemini | Hackaday [15:25] MinceR https://apina.biz/206418.png?mode=sfw [15:25] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-http://apina.biz/206418.png [15:26] TR News ! Avi Alkalay : PDFs must die https://avi.alkalay.net/2025/07/pdfs-must-die.html [15:26] TR News How to Install ownCloud on AlmaLinux 10 https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-owncloud-on-almalinux-10/ [15:26] TR Bot to Install ownCloud on AlmaLinux 10 | LinuxHostSupport [15:27] TR News how to block pescy cookie and google popups on stackoverflow with ublock in firefox https://dwaves.de/2025/07/30/how-to-block-pescy-cookie-and-google-popups-on-stackoverflow-with-ublock-in-firefox/ [15:27] TR Bot how to block pescy cookie and google popups on stackoverflow with ublock in firefox | dwaves.de [15:27] TR News How To Install Wine on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-wine-rocky-linux-10/ [15:27] TR Bot How To Install Wine on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [15:31] TR News How To Install Snipe-IT on Fedora 42 https://idroot.us/install-snipe-it-fedora-42/ [15:31] TR Bot How To Install Snipe-IT on Fedora 42 - idroot [15:32] *lxoliva (~lxo@mrhucxmsbhzm4.irc) has joined #techrights [15:32] *lxo has quit (connection closed) [15:32] *lxoliva has quit (connection closed) [15:32] TR News How To Install Anaconda on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-anaconda-rocky-linux-10/ [15:32] TR Bot How To Install Anaconda on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [15:33] TR News How To Install Varnish on CentOS Stream 10 https://idroot.us/install-varnish-centos-stream-10/ [15:33] TR Bot How To Install Varnish on CentOS Stream 10 - idroot [15:34] TR News How To Install Nano Text Editor on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 https://idroot.us/install-nano-text-editor-rocky-linux-10/ [15:34] TR Bot How To Install Nano Text Editor on Rocky Linux 10 - idroot [15:34] TR News Someone Should Remind Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lunduke That Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Hires Many Sexual Criminals and Pedophiles as Well https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Someone_Should_Remind_Microsoft_Lunduke_That_Microsoft_Hires_Ma.shtml [15:35] TR Bot Techrights Someone Should Remind Microsoft Lunduke That Microsoft Hires Many Sexual Criminals and Pedophiles as Well [15:35] TR News Wayland https://lunduke.substack.com/p/psx-emu-dev-forbids-arch-linux-packages [15:35] TR Bot PSX Emu Dev Forbids Arch Linux Packages - by Bryan Lunduke [15:35] TR News Pluralistic: Delta's AI-based price-gouging (30 Jul 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/ [15:35] TR Bot Pluralistic: Deltas AI-based price-gouging (30 Jul 2025) Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [15:36] TR News Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/scammers-unleash-flood-of-slick-online-gaming-sites/ [15:36] TR Bot Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites Krebs on Security [15:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techrights [15:38] TR News 2000 words about arrays and tables https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/2000-words-about-arrays-and-tables/ [15:38] TR Bot words about arrays and tables Buttondown [15:39] TR News David Bremner: Hibernate on the pocket reform 10/n https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/hibernate-pocket-10/ [15:39] TR Bot Hibernate on the pocket reform 10/n [15:40] TR News Commentary: Ensuring the Sovereignty and Security of Canadian Health Data https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/commentary-ensuring-the-sovereignty-and-security-of-canadian-health-data/ [15:40] TR Bot Commentary: Ensuring the Sovereignty and Security of Canadian Health Data - Michael Geist [15:40] TR News Mozilla Thunderbird: State of the Thunder: Answering Community Questions! 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Hes back again with a long-awaited hack for PowerPC Macintosh: soldered RAM upgrades!" https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/soldered-ram-upgrades-finally-available-for-mac-ppc/ | Source: Hackaday [15:52] TR Bot RAM Upgrades Finally Available For Mac-PPC | Hackaday [15:55] TR News Russia warned of escalating state control over internet and digital repression https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-warned-of-escalating-state-control-over-internet-and-digital-repression/ [15:55] TR Bot Russia warned of escalating state control over internet and digital repression - JURIST - News ● Jul 31 [16:06] TR News "Thanks to [Mikhail Trishchenkov], you can use a nice Linux tool to easily configure your macropad. You can build it from source, or get built versions for Linux, Windows, and Mac. The whole thing is written in Rust if you want to take it apart or modify it." https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/linux-fu-the-cheap-macropad-conundrum/ [16:06] TR Bot Fu: The Cheap Macropad Conundrum | Hackaday [16:07] TR News The issue here is proprietary software from SAP, not "Linux" https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/hackers-exploit-sap-vulnerability-to.html [16:07] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/hackers-exploit-sap-vulnerability-to.html ) [16:07] TR News "As someone who grew up with Windows, Im used to the same desktop layout that offers just enough customizability to set my PC apart while preventing me from performing a complete makeover of the operating systems UI." https://www.xda-developers.com/ive-tested-numerous-linux-desktop-environments-and-these-5-are-my-favorites/ [16:07] TR Bot I've tested numerous Linux desktop environments, and these 5 are my favorites [16:09] TR News 10 ways true Linux power users get more out of the world's best OS https://www.zdnet.com/article/10-ways-true-linux-power-users-get-more-out-of-the-worlds-best-os/ [16:09] TR Bot ways true Linux power users get more out of the world's best OS | ZDNET [16:11] TR News minimum." https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-linux-lagging-try-my-10-go-to-tricks-to-speed-it-up/ [16:11] TR Bot Linux lagging? Try my 10 go-to tricks to speed it up | ZDNET [16:12] TR News "Fortunately, Ubuntu ships with a Startup Applications utility, which makes it easy to enable or disable applications that start automatically when you log in. When I need to make such adjustments, I always keep startup applications to a minimum." https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-linux-lagging-try-my-10-go-to-tricks-to-speed-it-up/ [16:15] TR News Marketing spam? https://news.itsfoss.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-pro-15-gen10/ [16:15] TR Bot Best Linux Laptop of 2025? TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 (Gen10) Launches [16:15] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techrights [16:16] TR News Striving For Light Gets Native Linux Build That Becomes Default On Steam Deck https://steamdeckhq.com/news/striving-for-light-gets-native-linux-build-that-becomes-default-on-steam-deck/ [16:16] TR Bot Striving For Light Gets Native Linux Build That Becomes Default On Steam Deck - Steam Deck HQ [16:17] TR News Maru OS: Turn Your Phone Into A Linux PC With Ease! https://ostechnix.com/maru-os-phone-to-pc/ [16:17] TR Bot ( status 403 @ https://ostechnix.com/maru-os-phone-to-pc/ ) [16:17] TR News "So shall we play a game? If youve ever longed to chat with an 80s military AI about thermonuclear war or tic-tac-toe without doubting you end the world in a blink, start on this build." https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/rebooting-wargames-wopr-with-a-pi-and-gemini/ [16:17] TR Bot WarGames WOPR With A Pi And Gemini | Hackaday [16:20] TR News 5 Linux distros for businesses looking to save money and protect their assets https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-linux-desktop-distributions-for-businesses-looking-to-save-money-and-protect-their-assets/ [16:20] TR Bot Linux distros for businesses looking to save money and protect their assets | ZDNET [16:21] TR News "NPU in Ryzen chips not fully utilized on Linux; base price is 1090, available for purchase next month." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-laptop-has-a-powerful-amd-ryzen-chip/ [16:21] TR Bot This Linux Laptop Has a Powerful AMD Ryzen Chip [16:23] TR News "Are you using KDE Plasma but still working the same way you did on Windows? Do you wonder if you're getting the most out of your KDE Plasma setup? Well, here are five game-changing features that completely transformed how I use and interact with my PC!" https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-kde-plasma-features-that-completely-changed-how-i-use-my-pc/ [16:23] TR Bot 5 Linux KDE Plasma Features that Completely Changed How I Use My PC [16:23] TR News The terrible people being UEFI 'secure' boot may go bankrupt this year [16:23] TR News (behind) [16:24] TR News Davey Winder, Microsoft media mole (for many years already), pushing snake oil https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/07/28/new-fbi-warning---windows-and-linux-users-must-apply-2fa-now/ [16:24] TR Bot New FBI Warning Windows And Linux Users Must Apply 2FA Now [16:24] TR News "This brings the Release Candidate build previously reported on by GamingOnLinux to a wider audience, with no extra opt-in needed. Just download Proton 10 from your Steam Library directly and then you can individually swap games to it for some testing." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/proton-10-0-2-beta-brings-even-more-gaming-improvements-to-linux-steamos-steam-deck/ [16:24] TR Bot 10.0-2 (beta) brings even more gaming improvements to Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux [16:26] TR News (NEW): Today's HowTos https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/today_s_howtos.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/today_s_howtos.gmi [16:26] TR Bot Tux Machines today's howtos [16:27] TR News (NEW): Games: Steam on GNU/Linux and Native GNU/Linux Builds https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Games_Steam_on_GNU_Linux_and_Native_GNU_Linux_Builds.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/Games_Steam_on_GNU_Linux_and_Native_GNU_Linux_Builds.gmi [16:27] TR Bot Tux Machines Games: Steam on GNU/Linux and Native GNU/Linux Builds [16:27] TR News (NEW): Jack Wallen's Latest 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3 is Available to Download [19:11] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techrights [19:20] TR News (NEW): The 4 Best Android Phone Brands for Linux Lovers https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/The_4_Best_Android_Phone_Brands_for_Linux_Lovers.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/07/31/The_4_Best_Android_Phone_Brands_for_Linux_Lovers.gmi [19:20] TR Bot Tux Machines The 4 Best Android Phone Brands for Linux Lovers [19:27] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > Hi Roy, [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > During the past 3 months I've noticed that gnu.org is almost entirely [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > unsuable. The webserver at 209.51.188.116 started returning mainly [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > "409 Too many requests" a few months ago. Now it rarely even [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > completes a request at all. [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > Gnu.org seems to either be under permenant DDOS attack or has been [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > configured to basically give up trying to serve content. [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > There are other sites that mirror some of the content. For example, [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > when I have e-lisp queries there are other places to look. But it [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > seems sad that the home of Emacs is unable to deliver any man pages or [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > help connected with the editor now. [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > Does anyone know what the status of gnu.org is? Why is it [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > behaving this way? [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] > all best, [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] Yes, known issue. See: [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://thenewstack.io/how-the-free-software-foundation-battles-the-llm-bots/ [19:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/our-small-team-vs-millions-of-bots [19:46] TR Bot How the Free Software Foundation Battles the LLM Bots - The New Stack [19:46] TR Bot Our small team vs millions of bots Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] Re: GNU.org unusable: [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] > 209.51.188.116|:443 [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] > 429 Too Many Requests [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] > tested from 11 different IP addresses in Europe [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] > ongoing situation for approx 3 months! [19:46] schestowitz[TR2] use case for LLM slop finally found: take down FREESW. [19:48] schestowitz[TR2] "Yet We dont use any of the so-called cloud services, explains another web page, since the cloud they typically refer to is just someone elses computer. We do not abstract away problems with frameworks on top of Docker containers running in Kubernetes assembled by someone who tells you to directly pipe curl output into bash and install the software as root without looking at it [19:48] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:59] TR News TikTok encourages and rewards harm https://www.theage.com.au/national/tiktok-shows-individual-removing-chalk-marks-from-parked-cars-20250728-p5midi.html [19:59] TR Bot ( status 404 @ https://www.theage.com.au/national/tiktok-shows-individual-removing-chalk-marks-from-parked-cars-20250728-p5midi.html ) ● Jul 31 [20:01] TR News Intelligence cyberattack on Crimea. 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